Scott’s Thoughts: Heading Home

Heading Home

>> Monday, May 14, 2007

I'm headed home for the week, and I am very excited. Our kids are doing a production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" next weekend. The music has already been rumbling around our house for quite some time, what with rehearsals and all. Now I get to see them finally on stage, in costume, dancing and singing and having fun. Beth is even one of the leads! My folks will be in town for the show, so that makes it an extra special blessing.

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AndyM May 15, 2007 at 1:23 AM: Scott - have a wonderful time with your family. I am sure that I am not alone in praying that your house will be sold soon and your family can join you in VA. Your blog inspires me and I look forward to knowing you (and your family) better.

Safe travels and great times! Mack says "hi".

Andy

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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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