Archive for May, 2005
Tuesday, May 17th, 2005
We’re taking a giant step into the future
And turning into a thousand other towns
I heard today the news that they are
Closing the bookstore down.
Some big concern comes in and yanks
Our jobs, our shops, our hometown banks,
Then they expect our grateful thanks
It happens every day.
I guess I just prefer to see
Success serve our community
Not just [...]
Saturday, May 7th, 2005
A friend of mine once said, “In the church, leadership is like breathing. It happens or the body dies.”
Other thoughts:
Leaders don’t create communities. Communities raise up leaders to express and manifest the character of the community.
In its infancy a vision is shaped by people, but in its maturity people are shaped by the vision.
Leadership is [...]
Thursday, May 5th, 2005
Indigenous faith communities ought to emerge from all this interaction with the host subculture. While it is noble and, indeed, a godly activity for a Christian businessman to run a shoe shop and to try to be Christ to his customers, something is missing if a Christian faith community isn’t part of the equation. The [...]
Wednesday, May 4th, 2005
There is much to be said, socially and intellectually, for bringing together people of different outlooks and beliefs; but there is not rational basis for the notion that by mixing a number of conflicting views you are likely to arrive at the truth. You cannot construct truth from a mass of dissonant and disparate material. [...]
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