who happen to be fallen and imperfect. To have a “genuine sinner” in our midst is such an appalling idea that we work tirelessly to avoid that happening. This leads us all to attend worship with our “church-face” on. When we do this, we end up feeling alone as we are forced to live in our lies and hypocrisy constantly afraid that someone may see the reason for our shame.
Trying to draw deep thoughts from a shallow well...
Friday, August 30, 2013
I Must Confess That I HATE to Confess These Things...
who happen to be fallen and imperfect. To have a “genuine sinner” in our midst is such an appalling idea that we work tirelessly to avoid that happening. This leads us all to attend worship with our “church-face” on. When we do this, we end up feeling alone as we are forced to live in our lies and hypocrisy constantly afraid that someone may see the reason for our shame.
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Thanks! And remember... Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss things. But small minds talk about people. Let's try to be great together.
I hear you my brother! Preach! For some interesting thoughts from a leadership/sociological perspective see:
ReplyDelete(1) http://www.forbes.com/sites/work-in-progress/2012/02/23/if-mark-zuckerberg-is-lonely-heres-my-solution/ -- and
(2)http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2012/02/its_time_to_acknowledge_ceo_lo.html
I find this quote in the Forbes article particularly telling, not only from the perspective of a leader, but also for those who are members -- "you can guard against being isolated by making connection a priority."
Peace,
Neville
Thanks Neville. I'll check out those links shortly. Light 'em up today brother!
DeleteChris