Yes, I work at a church plant. And I want to get that out of the way begins it used to come up frequently in my blog. I say it not with disdain or with sadness, but with pride. To be honest, I wear it proud. I feel very grass roots most days and less like I have to deal with the junk of establishment. Anyway, hopefully that made sense and didn’t turn you off. I always seem to blog at the end of my day when my brain is in some sort of automatic discharge mode and all my thoughts are just emptying out for the night. I was thinking about something the other Sunday morning (yes, scary) while talking to a few folks. There are many days where I feel like a salesman and I’m trying to pitch our church or a small group or a ministry. Sometimes in feeble hopes of gaining a volunteer or maybe someone with our small group. But to be honest, it made me think how much I miss the chance to just say,” Hey, you seem cool, lets hang out”. I know that sounded very high school or even as low as middle, but I feel that way. And I think that Jesus perhaps occasionally wanted to just hang out. You know, fish with the boys a little or maybe play a little Jew’s harp with a couple of music buddies (don’t take that offensively, cause my next blog is going to be about the balance of Big awesome intimate God).
So tonight. I had a chance to do that for a few minutes. I realize how much I need to do that more. So what if life gets busy. The church is a body. A family. And we should allow ourselves to spend time with each other not in a volunteer or small group, but just as human beings. The funny thing is, you might find yourself drawing closer to Christ in the process.
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