Tuesday, May 14, 2002
Call me prophetic, but yesterday I was reaffirming our need in the church to deal with problems. However, instead of dealing with the problems of the recent and distant past, which many are bent on living in, we need to deal with the problems of the future. I'm convinced that no matter how long I "do" ministry, there will be many problems. That's not a bad thing, it just is what it is. So, if I have my choice of which problems to deal with, I'll take the future ones - the forward thinking ones. I'm tired of endlessly defending strong decisions that people can't get over. I want to work out the "problems" of reaching people with the gospel more effectively. I want to work out the "problems" of sharing hope with a generation that hasn't figured out yet that there's hope to be found. I want to work out the "problems" of finding enough space for the many who are joining us where we are going. "Forgetting what lies behind . . ."
