“These are unprecedented times!”
If I had a dollar for every time I have heard that phrase in the last 21 weeks, I would be a very rich preacher. I suppose it has been said so much because it is very true. These are unprecedented times in which it seems that everything is different. Everything. And this means that the way we do things has to be different too. Including church and the ways we do discipleship together. Pastor Carrie challenged us about this very thing in her sermon yesterday.
I know we are all tired of this season. I know we all want things back to normal. But the reality is that we are not there yet. This season is ongoing. Everything is going to be different for a while longer, and so we must each be creative and flexible in seeking new ways to connect with one another to do discipleship together, and to share our gifts with the world.
This week, in our “Keeping Connected” videos, we will be thinking through some creative ways that we might seek to grow together as disciples of Jesus Christ in this season. I encourage you to take all the opportunities you can to grow in grace.
There have been times along the way of this COVID journey when I have found it really easy to get distracted and turn my thoughts away from Christ, choosing instead to fix my them on the woes of the world around me and my own disappointments and losses in this season. Those times weren’t good for my heart or mind at all. I share this to let you know that you are not alone if that has happened to you to, and that we are in this discipleship thing together – that’s what Church is all about after all: growing together in Christ.
So, I am ready to think creatively about discipleship, and to turn my heart and mind to Christ again. Will you join with me?
Blessings,
Pastor Charlie
