Time! I need more time! Our wedding is only a month (literally) away, and things are hectic! Looking forward to taking a much needed rest when we go on honeymoon...

Recently I had this idea/brainwave/stirring in my heart/mind/soul as to what the source of my frustrations with church in general may be. Let me state from the start that I do not think that the church is anything near what it could/should/ought to BE. There is much to be learned/de-learned and re-learned. Part of me writing this blog is to try and imagine what a new kind of church would BE like where new kind of Christians would grow.

Was it Ghandi who said that we must become the change we seek? I sometimes wonder if that might not be part of where some of my frustrations come from. May it be that when I look at where the church is missing the point, I do so because it is easier to look at sometging outward and not at myself? May it be that when I am frustrated at how little the church resemble the church as the one in in the Book of Acts, or how few people really live as disciples of Jesus, that it might be that I am not living it myself? When I criticise the shallowness of "community" is it a reflection of my own unwilligness to open my lives to others?

I am not suggesting that we stop dreaming/imagining/creating a new kind of church. I am just suggesting that we look at our own lives with the same dedication, passion and seriousness...