True blogging

I read Gary’s blog post about Collin turning six and realized he was right about true blogging. I’m going to follow his example (not usually a good idea) and post more thoughts and worry less about composing the perfect story. I’m going to attempt to share things I heard or read that inspired me to think.

I finished reading Neil Cole’s book, Organic Church, this week and wanted to share some of the quotes that made me pause. This is a very good book with lots of great ideas for reaching the lost.

“If you want to win this world to Christ, you are going to have to sit in the smoking section. ”

“We spend so much time building nice barns with padded pews, air-conditioned halls, and state-of-the-art sound systems, yet we have neglected the fields. We are as foolish as as the farmer who builds a barn and then stands in the doorway calling all the crops to come in and make themselves at home. It is time for the Church to get her hands dirty in the soil of lost people’s lives.”

“I went to a seminar on how to start a church. Church planting was reduced to simply getting more people in the seats on Sunday. Personally, I want to give my life to something a little bigger than that.”

“There are two kinds of lost people in the world, the moths and the cockroaches. In the darkness, it’s impossible to tell them apart, so the best way to discover the difference is to turn the light on. The moths will be drawn to the light, and the cockroaches will flee.”

“The end is not accumulated knowledge but a life of obedience that will be willing to die for Jesus. The process isn’t over until there is a flat line on a screen.”