Find Your Own Calcutta
One of the things that really inspired me at the Q Conference is the way ordinary people are influencing culture. Alot of people are doing alot of amazing things! And some of the ideas are so simple!
I think of Clint Kemp in the Bahamas who is making an environmental difference by cleaning up and beautifying beaches. I think of Jon Passavant and the model home project. One church set a goal of eradicating homelessness in Indianapolis in ten years! Another church is doing a water project called adventconspiracy.com. And the list goes on.
Can I share a goal? I never want NCC to feel like a church. I want us to feel like a movement. The church is way too static these days! The church is called to knock down the gates of hell. The church is the vehicle whereby heaven invades hell.
That is why the world resonated with Mother Teresa. She brought heaven to a hell hole. By the way, I love the advice Mother Teresa gave when someone asked them how they could make a difference with their life the way she'd made with hers. Mother Teresa said, "Find Your Own Calcutta."
I think of Clint Kemp in the Bahamas who is making an environmental difference by cleaning up and beautifying beaches. I think of Jon Passavant and the model home project. One church set a goal of eradicating homelessness in Indianapolis in ten years! Another church is doing a water project called adventconspiracy.com. And the list goes on.
Can I share a goal? I never want NCC to feel like a church. I want us to feel like a movement. The church is way too static these days! The church is called to knock down the gates of hell. The church is the vehicle whereby heaven invades hell.
That is why the world resonated with Mother Teresa. She brought heaven to a hell hole. By the way, I love the advice Mother Teresa gave when someone asked them how they could make a difference with their life the way she'd made with hers. Mother Teresa said, "Find Your Own Calcutta."
2 Comments:
Well said. I think a Biblical church should be a movement. It is a vehicle and a vehicle is useless without movement.
What a statement!! "find your own Calcutta" moving and missional..
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