Scott’s Thoughts: Wandering the Wilderness

Wandering the Wilderness

>> Sunday, April 27, 2008

Hope Christian Fellowship's own "wilderness wanderings" began today as we started meeting at the Fauquier County Fairgrounds. I was amazed at how quickly we walked through the setup, thanks to the great turnout of committed volunteers. Sure, there are some downsides to this facility -- mostly related to having to kludge together space for nursery and children's classes. But the heart of our church family is beating strong, and it's exciting to see what the Lord is doing.

I'm looking forward to the chaos of the next few weeks. It's been such a pleasure to watch teams pull together and pour themselves into the challenges with genuine servant's attitudes.

1 comments:

Stacy April 28, 2008 at 5:29 PM: As always, l;oving your blog because I get to continue to see how God is using you and your entire family in such amazing ways.
I know that God is working in you and all of Hope as He leads you to your new home.
And, I LOL several times over when I saw the poodle pic...although, I must admit I was imagining you with a square hair-do on your head too. :)
HUGS!!!

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"Real theological thinking, which is thinking with the mind of Christ, is hard to find in the practice of ministry. Without solid theological reflection, future leaders will be little more than pseudo-psychologists, pseudo-sociologists, pseudo-social workers. They will think of themselves as enablers, facilitators, role models, father or mother figures, big brothers or big sisters, and so on, and thus join the countless men and women who make a living by trying to help their fellow human beings to cope with the stresses and strains of everyday living.

"But that has little to do with Christian leadership because the Christian leader thinks, speaks, and acts in the name of Jesus, who came to free humanity from the power of death and open the way to eternal life. To be such a leader it is essential to be able to discern from moment to moment how God acts in human history and how personal, communal, national, and international events that occur during our lives can make us more and more sensitive to the ways in which we are led to the cross and through the cross to the resurrection."

(Henri J. M. Nouwen, In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership (New York: Crossroad, 1998) pp. 65-67

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