Wednesday, April 19, 2006

what would it take?

ok, so this is my dream for you and me and parkside: that we would be/become the kind of people and community that others (who don't know Christ) would be drawn to.
when i read the gospels, i'm struck with how much people were drawn to Jesus. not the ruling people (be it religious leaders or political leaders), but pretty much everyone else. and then it was the same with the early church in the book of Acts. not that the church was the new "it" thing. but there was something about Jesus and something about that early community of Christians that attracted the humble, the broken, the hungry, the weary. and the room was always full. people were drawn to Jesus. they were hungry for what they saw in him. they were hungry for what they saw among the early Christians...
thats what i long for. that we would become the kind of people and church that others (who don't know Christ) would be drawn to.
so the question then is: how? what would it take?
- what would need to happen/change to see you and i become the kind of Christians that others (who don't know Christ) are drawn to?
- what would need to happen/change to see Parkside become the kind of church that others (who don't know Christ) are drawn to?

seriously...
i'm listening. scott