Saturday’s sermon was great. It was something both Garrett and I wanted and needed to hear. Yesterday a coworker sent me this link and I read through the slideshow cracking up… As Americans, we are such a huge sense of entitlement that the theft of a sandwich would bring about some seriously anger… http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/26/the-funniest-notes-left-f_n_659338.html?ref=fb&src=sp (FYI, there is some bad language!)
I feel like most of us SNC-ers agree that we need to do some work within ourselves and to our ways of living..we all seem to have dug deep down and have identified where we are lacking. We’ve established that we really don’t have any “rights” and that WE do not really own our possessions. But we really haven’t gotten down to the nitty gritty and actually said what we are going to do to fix it. WHERE IS ALL THE ACTION?! Where do we go from here?
I’m in the business of risk management. I don’t do risk. I work to prevent and insure against anything risky (not to be confused with risqué). So how does someone like me show God that I trust him, and that everything I have is HIS?
Does it come in the form of selling our houses, and all living together communally a la Shane Claiborne? Forgoing medical insurance, taking the insurance off of our houses and possessions and creating a “Saturday Night Healthcare Fund”? Or is it as simple as leaving our doors unlocked and keeping gift cards on hand to give to a homeless person for a warm meal?
Help me come up with some real ideas that we can incorporate into our lives!
I am Meagan, and I want to be where all the action is.
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Hey Meagan,
I love how you ended your post...
I agree that it seems obvious that the people who are a part of worship on Saturday nights truly want to "be where the action is."
I have hesitated to offer suggestions about where to start or how to get acting, primarily because I don't want people to begin living out my agenda.
I would love for this to be the place where people begin to share their ideas AND the practical steps they are taking to act obediently to God.
Anyway, I know what Jane and I are doing, but I thought as "pastor" I would wait to offer any more of what we are trying to do lest anyone think our practices are the authoritative commands of God. :)
No way!!!! I think we should all come up with some fun ideas and talk about them tomorrow. I think that would be a great way to get things rolling. We can throw around some practical ones, some crazy ones and see what we come up with.
P.S. I'm kind of partial to my medical insurance...just sayin'!
Meg....you a woman on a mission and demanding action! Calling the men on the rug for their inaction (there might be something said for you comment about Adam in the garden...please note I used the word "might.") I really like your idea of coming up with new ways to integrate practical applications. I find it hard to talk about ideas and write them down because then I have to be held to them...I would rather just think about them by myself...too bad the Bible doesn't say anything about our faith being cognitive. We are called to put things into action...I am just scared that these actions might infringe on my personal rights.
I have also noticed that you mention Shane Claiborne periodically. The thing that I can't over in regards to Shane is how he actually practices what he preaches. How can I debate with a guy who has given everything up for what he believes in? How can I critique his lifestyle when it reflects something to the kingdom that Jesus described? When I start to work his philosophy and theology out in my life I start objecting...I start talking about "My Rights" again...
Thanks for the post!
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