So for the last four weeks, I've been engaged in an online course called "The Missional Imagination." It is the first course in the two-year Missional Wisdom Program which I began in October.
In many ways the sorts of ideas and thoughts I am studying and engaging with are not all that new to me.
I have long been aware that the way we do "church" today is broken. I have grappled with the notion that our structures are not highly supportive of Christ's mission. I have struggled with the realization that many of our churches are ineffective at forming disciples. I have also dabbled with some of the ideas and notions of the missional church, as I've grappled with those and other concerns.
What is new, for me, however is that I am finally able to dedicate the time and energy which I think are necessary for me to begin to think systematically and practically in ways that will retool and re-imagine how I think about the church and more importantly, how I may be called to participate more fully in the "missio dei" or "mission of God."
It's hard work and it's challenging me in many different ways. In some ways it's nothing new, and in others it's everything new.
In many ways the sorts of ideas and thoughts I am studying and engaging with are not all that new to me.
I have long been aware that the way we do "church" today is broken. I have grappled with the notion that our structures are not highly supportive of Christ's mission. I have struggled with the realization that many of our churches are ineffective at forming disciples. I have also dabbled with some of the ideas and notions of the missional church, as I've grappled with those and other concerns.
What is new, for me, however is that I am finally able to dedicate the time and energy which I think are necessary for me to begin to think systematically and practically in ways that will retool and re-imagine how I think about the church and more importantly, how I may be called to participate more fully in the "missio dei" or "mission of God."
It's hard work and it's challenging me in many different ways. In some ways it's nothing new, and in others it's everything new.
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