Changes

I haven't blogged for a while now. We came back from vacation almost two weeks ago and had very big surprises waiting for us.

One of our pastors resigned. This is a pretty big deal when there are only 4 of us on staff, not counting the administrative folks. Going from 4 t0 3 certainly changes the atmosphere around the office. It has also made for some unpleasant discussions, situations, etc.

I consider myself a person who deals well with change, even thrives on it. I think that is more often the case when I'm the change agent. I wonder if anyone likes unexpected, unwelcome changes.

This is a good reminder that "our church" is much bigger than those who meet at White Oak Elementary on Sundays..."our church" is really God's church that we occasionally misappropriate...that is we get confused over the ownership.

Seth Godin blogged about the need for an organization to be clear about its opposites, i.e. who's the enemy. Most time we act like other ministries are the enemy. That stinks. But we start thinking like theres a limited customer base, y'know. If church A has a successful VBS or whatever, and people start attending there instead of our church, then they are "sheep stealers" and our bottom line is affected. We lose precious resources...talent and money.

The enemy is not other churches. The enemy is not the world.