Let's Quit Beating Our Heads Against The Same Old Wall

One thing that I've noticed in my few years in the ministry is the resistance to change, to try anything new. Everyone loves the glory days.

The problem is that most people couldn't care less about what happens in the church-world.

The thought line of most leadership runs this way: if we just keep doing what we've always done but try just a little harder we will see success. All the while fewer and fewer people care about what goes on. We try harder, but nothing.

Hey folks, let's try something new. Let's try listening to people and engaging in conversation. Let's quit trying to shout everyone down. Let's quit trying to prove that we are right. Let's quit being defensive. Let's quit waiting for the great hoards of the unwashed to clean up and come to us. Let's get off our butts and get involved with people. Let's get out the four walls of the church and engage our community where it's at. Let's spend time with people who don't go to church.

Jesus didn't hideout in the synagogues or the temple. He got involved with the lives of people. He talked to a woman by a well. He forgave prostitutes. He loved people who needed him. Let's show a little of that love and compassion.

Most people outside the church don't care about us, because they think we don't care about them. If they think we care, it's only to the extent that we can shake them down for money, or count them in our attendance figures.

Let's quit beating out heads against the same old wall.