February 5, 2007
That’s the title of a really interesting article I stumbled upon tonight. Click here to read it in its entirety.
The author, a pastor who left traditional organized religion to form a new kind of community of believers, makes the point that we get addicted to the formal structures of the church. We get used to having worship planned for and delivered to us, serving and using church to provide us with a reason to exist. “I need discipleship and Christian growth. So I go to my local church to attend Sunday services, Bible studies and small groups where someone opens the Bible and tells me what it says and how it should apply to my life.” In other words, we become incredibly lazy, failing to fully explore our faith because we rely upon someone else to spoon-feed it to us.
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February 4, 2007
Last Sunday I posted about giving thanks in all things, and I had a week that included some interesting moments, as you can read about below. But I am thankful even for those times because I learn so much from them.
I am doing fairly well in my efforts to be thankful. I have remembered to be thankful each day, although I don’t always remember as soon as I would like to. Sometimes I have “oh, yeah …” moments when I find myself realizing that my thankful attitude in kicking in later than it should be. I think I am going to post a little reminder in my office. I just have to figure out where to put it so that it is noticeable to me, but not necessarily everyone else who enters that space. That will help me remember to stop and say a prayer of thanks when I am frustrated with or aggravated by something happening in the workplace.
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