Holy Father, Forgive Us

Here’s a that causes me to of any part I have played in war:

“The darkness has fallen and invaded all of the Strip. We tried to against the today, but gunmen shot at us when we tried to cross the street. This was a peaceful demonstration to try to get these gunmen to stop killing our future, to stop killing our hope. The darkness has fallen. There are no other words. Gaza is not a place for human beings anymore.”

- Hossam al-Madhoun, lifelong Gaza resident. (Source: NPR)

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Need to Finish

I’m aware I’ve had some “lingering” posts that need to be wrapped up. I’ll have these served up shortly:

The conclusions to

Live long and blog!

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Time Away is Never Time Away

So I’ve been travelling for going on two weeks. As I see the light at the end of this on-the-go tunnel, I realize I will have been home exactly one night in a 21-day span. It’s been time away from home, from the routine (whatever that is), but not time away from thinking, , and being invited into deeper relationshipwith .

Ideas are brimming these days. Before my traveling began, God was already tipping the dominoes on several different chains of events that could have significant impact for the in the earth. Seeing what God is doing and searching to find my place in it leads me to several observations:

My frustration level is higher and God’s progress is diverted only when two things happen–

I disobey the Lord’s prompting by not carrying through with what God is inpsiring in my heart; either because of fear or because the usually doesn’t fit within the usual parameters of “” (though it spurs us on to ); OR

I attempt to control the beginnings of what God is doing for what I perceive to be the logical results.

Guess what … is most prevalent when I just jump into what God is already doing … when I call for those I serve to jump with me into God’s … when I don’t waste time on “bad soil” that isn’t willing to let go of comfort zones and step into the Spirit-led future of .

So, I’ve jumped! I’m in 100%.

Living this way as a in a Christian community is an way to be the Church. It’s messy, somewhat chaotic, unpredictable … but alive and so much better than what the Church has encountered for 40+ years.

Imagine a faith community that actually means something to its neighborhood, its neighbors, its city and county. Imagine people discovering how uniquely God has created them for just such a time as this. Imagine a God that does not even see a box and calls us to be more than outside a box, but to be blind to any parameters as well.

Sounds like what was happening when jesus, Peter, and Paul were alive. Sounds . Sounds like the future, too.

SO TELL ME:
Are you ready to jump? If so, what are you jumping into?

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Brian Niece
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