for anyone in spiritual leadership.

here.

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Identity part2

what are some of the factors that we use to give us our identity;

here is the begining of my list,

please add yours below:

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school / work

family

geography

race

education

religion

marital status

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IDENTITY

I have been thinking-struggling with the issue of identity for some time now, both who am i, and what is the authentic identity of the church. i believe both are closely  linked and rely on each other.  i have decided to discuss this subject at a weekend away i have been invited to speak at. i hope to post some of my preparation and thoughts here for comment and suggestion.  please also feel free to make suggestions and share your own thoughts and struggles with the subject matter and maybe togehter we can begin to find our true identity and the powerful dna of this amazing community called church.

 

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in the pulpit

tomorrow morning i am speaking at the church service.  i have been thinking recently about the fact that we can so easily go about our life missing the point. it feels a little like the first of the matrix trilogies, we are being processed through a fantasy world while missing the real truth which is much more profound.  

i will be illustrating the thought through this story that happened last year.  

the challenge for me is that i have been a Jesus follower for many years and i am regularly concerned how quickly i can begin to fall back into the old fantasy. this is as much a challenge for those of us who claim to follow Jesus as those who do not.

keep searching for the truth, don’t believe the hype.

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