accountability

jeff and i sat down for a cup of joe ($4 joe at that. thanks for picking up the tab, bro.) and some good old fashioned honesty. we share the weeks events and struggles, the good, the bad, the ugly. its good to know there are people who actually care about what you are going through. its good to have family who are there to encourage you to press in and not give up the fight.

when i think of "church" life, i think this is part of the way things should be. gone should be the days of superficial attendance related "services." gone should be the days of fashion shows (can you believe she wore pajamas/ tennis shoes/ jeans/ "insert non-dress item here" to church?) gone should be the days of church life revolving around a preacher and his charisma. gone should be the days of forgetting the idea of "doing life" together. let the days of intimacy and care come in. let the days of hanging out and dinners and laughter and "quality time" come in. let the days of praying for eachother, crying with eachother, teaching one another come in.

with mars in transition, i wonder what the next leg looks like. john e said that maybe we were meant to not stay in one place for any extended amount of time. maybe that's our lot. maybe for the next year, we'll meet in houses. then, after that, we'll meet in a billion dollar cathedral meant for really rich people. then we'll figure out we can't afford it and meet under a bridge somewhere. then people will get cold and we'll go to the beach. yeah, imagine that. communion with God on the cusp of his roaring oceans. maybe it will be under the stars with a moon thats bright enough to read your book by. maybe we'll figure out it does not really matter where we gather, just as long as we do. maybe we'll figure out that what matters is that we get together to meet with God and allow him to speak to us. i know, you say there's so much more theologically/ christologically/ ecclesiologically that we need to consider. but, even after we consider it all, it all boils down to having the same kind of trust a little child would have in their dad. simple. why do we have to make it so hard?