3rd Time's a Charm...

Hey to anyone who might get to read this.  I have been in a place the last little while thinking about my call to ministry.  It is a scary thing and I have recently had to blog in a class and although I hated every second of it, i must admit that it helped me to come up with some answers to some questions I have had.  You see before I post this stuff live I need to read through it to make sure I am not spouting off total heresy.

I have been reading a ton of books, for class and personally, about where we are heading as "The Church".  And as I read what authors are saying I see a lot of the same recurring themes.  We have taken a movement, something pure and simple, and made it complicated.  Some authors would say that we have made Church an experience and not a ministry.  And I am not saying that I totally agree with that but it has given me a lot to think about!

So, this brings me to this 3rd attempt at blogging.  I would like to gather a following of people who will ask me questions and challenge the ideas that I will bring up in these pages.  I don't know if this will happen or not but I figured I would give it a try.  I will post this on Facebook and see what comes of it.  So, right now I would like to ask this question to anyone who would be willing to answer it:

What have we become?  Does what we call "Church" today resemble what it was meant to be?  If yes, then tell me why and how; If no, then why don't we and how do we get there? How are we doing with the great commission and commandment?

This is where I want to begin.  This is kind of a selfish blog, I need to work these questions out and so over the next few weeks, months or maybe even years I hope to have the answer to these questions and maybe even more.

I look forward to see if anyone answers this blog in the comments.  I am not looking for the "right answers" here I only mean to start an honest conversation over then next little while.  I look forward to taking this journey with anyone who is interested in walking it with me.

until next time,

Andy