You live and learn. I have made the painful discovery that as a preacher I waffle a lot! - Which is interesting because I am the type of person that likes short punchy thoughts as opposed to long detailed sentences. Huh... weird...!
I am obsessed with self-improvement, not because I care what people think about me but because who I represent. We at D7 Church see ourselves as Kingdom Representatives. We are change agents, we are Jesus' PR in this world. So I've decided to systematically engineer my messages and I've invited the Holy Spirit to be my senior partner (God Knows I need all the help I can get!).
Interesting that when you realise that you need to improve in a certain area you open up a whole new dimension. You also realise that you are falling short in other areas too. I definitely need to romance my gorgeous wife more often and I definitely need to spend more time playing with my amazing children. Our families are by far our best investment.
On the absence of grape juice we had Coca-Cola for communion with our team the other day. Is this profane? What would Jesus do? Lots to ponder...
I am excited out of my mind! This week we are going to take over the service at Park Street Mission. This meeting house was founded over 330 years ago. What a privilege! We are running their evening service. What an amazing expression of church unity. We are doing this because we can and because we care not because is the most profitable, glamorous and comfortable thing to do! We will be there to support Pastor Jacqui Green. Join us if you can!
Also if you are a church leader, what are you pro-actively doing to promote unity among the body of Christ? We can't afford not to. Remember we are one in Christ, different expressions, flavours and styles but we are still one body.
Park Street Mission here we come!