I'll Be Back Soon
I know I haven’t posted in a few days. I’ve been rather “down” lately. I haven’t been this depressed in quite some time. Probably since before I began Real Live Preacher.
It’s hard to write this because people in my church will read it, and I don’t want them to know that I’m down. I know that’s silly, but I always feel that I should be strong for the people at church. And we have a few families that are going through hard times right now. I want to be strong and present for them.
But I’m somewhat weak myself these days. So now everyone knows it. That’s okay. Sometimes weak is strong in the upside-down, inside-out world of Christianity.
When I come back, probably at the end of the week, I’d like to tell you a little more about our church. I’d like to tell you a little more about some of the things I hinted at when I wrote “All The Right Questions.”
I’d like to tell you about “Old Man Cedar” and the stones at the back of the property. I’d like to tell you about some of the children and about “Main’s Folly.” That would be nice, and I think you’d enjoy the stories. These are the stories of the soft and childish things at church.
Maybe telling these stories will help me find my way back.
It’s the soft underbelly of church that I love. Most churches have a soft side, but it’s hard to see it because of the hard lacquer of organization and marketing that forms over time. If you let this shell get thick enough, it almost seems like the shell is all you have. And that’s not what church should be.
One of our goals for our church is to keep this veneer from forming. We want to keep the soft things exposed because the soft things are the truth and all that really matters.
It takes a lot of intentional work to stay soft. It makes us vulnerable and even weak. It makes us unorganized and a little messy.
It makes us children in the Great Kingdom.
love,
rlp
8:20:21 AM 
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