conversation cafe: missional church in a new light

i love it when i find another site that causes me to think and consider my faith. the conversation cafe is one such site. the article that follows is about the missional church. the writer, craig morton take starts with his own knee jerk reaction to words like missional. he then goes into describing his journey of rediscovery. in some of the churches with which i have been connected sharing faith is something people struggle with. either they think they are being pushy and not very tollerant of others' beliefs, or they are not comfortable talking to others about something in which they think they are not very conversant; they are afraid they are not smart enough or they don't know enough to give a good presentation about their faith. i suspect that the writer of this article has gone through some of the same angst.

anyway, here's an exerpt from the article:

The lines easily blur between God’s actions and our activities; hence, we confuse our initiatives with God’s call, our decision with God’s will, and our point of view with God’s promised and preferred future. The end result is dangerously close to a form of atheism or idolatry. God becomes an afterthought to bless the good things we are doing.

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