This is going to sound like one of those bad 70s records as in 'Why can't people just love each other and not get cross, ever?' (ok I made that title up, but you get the picture).
Someone asked me last night- 'where do you go to rant?' I said 'I have a blog'. And today I'm going to rant (well a little- I have to disguise the situation).
I'm facing a situation where I feel that everyone needs to 'take a chill pill' (maybe, including me). 'That would be an ecumenical matter'- to quote Father Ted. I'm cool- I think I've got it worked out- mission- God is out there beckoning us on- we join in. But why o why o why ( x100), when you factor in 'ecumenical' does this often become- 'let us spend ages working out what we can agree/disagree on' and 'mission' become 'not mission' i.e. inward looking. Why does so often action shudder to a halt and anything 'new' seem to be considered with suspicion?
Why does so often the phrase 'ecumenical worship' fill me with a sense of numbing boredom?
I have lots of other questions like that- unreasonable rants really. I'm having a bad Thursday and to cap it all England are throwing away a promising situation in the Test Match
I'll end there , obliquely, meditate on the above scene, find my box of chill pills and work out some chords to 'Why can't people just love each other and not get cross,ever?'
Pray for me!
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smiling at this because I know exactly what you mean... too often we end up with non-events when trying to work ecumenically... arrgh...
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