I’m in Reston, Va, ready to attend Whiteboard, a church leaders conference. I’m not really sure what to expect, but I’ve been more excited about this one than other conferences in the past. It was one conference I felt I was just supposed to come to. My near 17 year old son came with me. He’s already a great leader and thinks strategically. Maybe I’m just here for him.
One thing I know for sure. I usually learn something new everday; especially when I set aside time to do so.
I see my role as a person who moves people. Reading Ephesians 2 this morning I was reminded that I’m responsible for moving people from death to life. I understand that’s mostly referring to salvation, but I think it’s also referring to life. Sometimes I live more like a child of the world than a child of the person of God. I don’t think I’m alone in this.
So, my questions for today:
Am I “living” the full life of Christ?
Who am I helping today to move from death to life?
I think I need to be more intentional in that effort.
We are at a new stage in the life of Grace Community Church. We hit the 1000 mark most every week now, but what's next. I'm not sure what got us to this 1000 people a week will get us to the next 1000. We need fresh ideas; new approaches.
Thankfully our vision and the basis of our truth stays constant.
Ron Edmondson
Grace Community Church
I’ve never been a huge fan of Monday mornings. I read some Twitter updates where people seem excited to start another week. I love getting started, but there’s something about Mondays that just doesn’t do it for me usually. I think it may be a holdover from my days of owning a business with 35 employees who were all paid on Mondays. If you have ever had to meet a payroll then you know what I mean. Today I don’t really have the same worries, so one would think I’d be over the Monday morning getting started blues, but so far that hasn’t happened.
Well, at least I usually still like Tuesdays…and the rest of the week.
Some days I just don’t feel as good about the day as I do other days. That’s probably natural. I was speaking today on parenting; how important it is to capture the heart of our children. I knew going into it that my audience was broader than that subject, but I also knew those parents of young children need to hear what was said. It’s a balance sometimes. If we are going to address life issues specifically, then some people in the room are not going to be dealing with the issue we are addressing on that day.
I’m praying God filters through all that to do His work in our people’s lives.
Confidentially (as if a Blog is confidential), I’m more frustrated about the people who weren’t there today who needed to hear this message.
As I sit on my back patio, swatting bugs, I’m starting to get nervous about tomorrow. I always second guess my message about this time. I’m going to step on some toes. My message about capturing the heart of your child includes strong encouraement to limit your children’s activities so you can actually parent them. In our church of mostly young, busy people, I’m not sure how that will be perceived, but it’s true and it’s needed.
