In all honesty, I would have to say that the Willow Creek Leadership Summit was not nearly as bad as I expected. It seems that low expectations helped make it easier to handle! The truth, though, is that I came out of it more confused than ever. Here' my reality:
I love the church, but hate "going to church."
I want to serve others, yet it's people who give me ulcers and leave me feeling depressed and empty.
I want to do ministry, but feel like working at a church is only meetings and paperwork.
I care about the poor and hurting, but am afraid to follow my dreams of helping them.
I love my community, but am afraid to reach out to them and discover they don't feel the same way.
I absolutely love the students in my ministry, yet feel no connection with the church I work at.
I want to serve Christ in the way I feel led to do so, but am afraid of the way I would be looked at because of it.
I am tired, depressed, frustrated and angry. I am sick of the American church and the crap it calls faith. I'm also excited, energized and ready to kick @$$ in the name of Jesus!
That's my current reality.
Peace,
Matt
Currently Reading: Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is (Penguin Classics) by Friedrich Nietzsche.
2 comments:
Mett, I appreciate your posts, but wish you would be a little more honest.
(Kidding, if you didn't know.)
Sounds like the Mothership Summit wasn't all bad. A lot of emphasis on social justice, I understand -- about time.
Thanks for your sincerity. I'm praying for your life/ministry/future/ulcers.
Love, P
The only one who puts you in this dualistic dillema is you. I'm the only one who puts me in mine.
So, what are we going to do about it?
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