Musings on Spiritual Matters

One of the many aspects that I love about my missional team is the ability to have a conversation.  This is not always the case with some groups or people.  What I mean is that people will shutdown a conversation begin wisdom can be developed.  A topic could be mentioned, and sometimes I have seen people shutdown the flow of thought with some comment or statement.  Often something is mentioned like “those people just like…..”.  There is a judgment call, and instead of continuing to work through the situation the talk just stops.  The judgment reigns and no one continues to think.  You see this often.  Why are they not coming to church, well “they are just…unfaithful.”  This is great, but there is a deeper question.  Why are they unfaithful?  A church is not growing, and someone in the conservation says, people just do not want truth.  This is great, but once again there is a deeper conversation, of why do people not want truth?  Too often we have conversations in the church but do not go deep enough.  We settle for a shallow answer.  There is a art to dialogue that people must learn.  If you stop the conversation too quickly, you will not understand the essence of the situation or the problem.  In life, answers are great, but questions are from the wise.

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