I read with great interest the latest Church Herald and appreciated the energies and efforts displayed to further the discussion of Mission and Missional. Perhaps just the the dialogue takes us further than we have ever gone. For my part, having come from Mega-Church program models, to a very front line opportunity, I have changed my whole view. Where I once adhered to the "build it, and they will come" model, I think I have more appreciation now for the world as it views faith through an...
Amputated vision
Amputated vision brought
on crippled limbs
that drag in spastic pace
to see the best in you.
And that is how I base
my stunted view
imbedded in a heart
without the means to care.
And you hope I know
or somehow understand
because I nod or
maybe even smile.
Don't take my absent voice
to mean that I agree
because I can't, and won't
I haven't and didn't!
Like a cow that sees
a train go by
I hear the noise and
tremble at the sight...
But I might, someday
if you'll slow down and
come to me with love
and uncommon patience.
Then, my prosthetic sight
and transplanted heart
might share your love
with someone else!
otherwise, I'm gone...