Changes

Like a lot of you, the concept of "church" with all of it's blessings and all of it's baggage has been in my bulls-eye for quite a while now. Most of the blogs I read deal with church issues........emergent churches, missional churches, dead churches, growing churches, vibrant churches, inner-city churches, rural churches, church leaders, traditional worship in church, women's roles in church, church splits, church unity, contemporary worship in church, evangelistic churches, truth churches, grace churches, and the list goes on and on and on. Right? I am on a committee at church that is overseeing the installing of new Shepherds. I work for a University that is very tightly connected with church. My dad was a missionary-preacher. My wife's dad was a missionary-preacher. My son works for a private Christian school which has strong ties to church. I can't remember ever NOT being associated with church!! I think it must be in my DNA.

So what do you think was the first thing I thought of when I heard Fleetwood Mac on the radio today singing the lyrics "I've been afraid of changes, cause I've built my life around you"?

Guilty as charged. I think I am called to build my life around Him, instead of the group that is trying to follow Him. Wait, I KNOW I AM!

How humbling it is to know Stevie Nicks had to point it out to me.