We have enough snow around to make the landscape very picturesque but not enough to cause problems getting anywhere or doing anything. That makes it quite difficult to understand the plight of those for whom the snow is causing chaos.I got to wondering if that's what its like for people outside the church - they can't work out what all the fuss is about?
Read a great quote on Kathryn's blog yesterday:
‘If you want to build a ship, don’t summon people to buy wood, prepare tools, distribute jobs and organise the work: teach people the yearning for the wide, boundless ocean.’
Unless we're able to share some of the excitement of faith and inspire/encourage folk in their yearning for something other, beyond themselves, they'll go on their way shaking their heads in wonder.
Besides, that quote comes from The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint Exupery, one of my favourite books. Maybe that should become a basic textbook for missional theology. Off to find it and, hopefully, discover some other nuggets for mission.
A bit of snow like that shouldn't stop a Scot!!
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