Witness of the Church
I should blog tonight even though I'm up to my eyeballs in stuff...here goes... First, check out some cool pics of CFOT on my flickr badge to the right...Here's the blog...
I think we have to stop going off about what's wrong with TSA or with the ultimate answers to all that ails us. Here's what I'm thinking. The Army needs to revamp its militaristic style. We need to dump uniforms. We should be doing more rituals. Whatever the ballywick is...When we suddenly come up with these new revelations from God it sets us up as the prophets to the movement/denomination/etc. and in my opinion denegrates the witness of the body and all of those who have gone before. The Church is not just the group who we hang with today. It is the body of Christ from all ages. I'm not really on anyone's case, but it is a reminder to me because of the CFOT experience where we have access to really great leaders and the knowlege of those who have gone before. My calling is not lived out in my own pious vacuum, but was borne on the backs and efforts of officers who paved the way.
Today at CFOT we had a lecture by Major Geoff Ryan (I still find the whole major thing hard to swallow with Geoff), but he's earned his stripes God bless him...I digress...Geoff presented my class with a paradigm for the body of Christ in 2006 and the context of church situated among the poor and marginalized. What a blessing to have great leaders come and share in the CFOT community. CFOT, for all of its "perceived" warts is an opportunity to learn in community and draw from a huge database of experience. Cadets are blessed to hang with this crowd, and I'm having fun hanging out with the same, but I also get a group of people who easily get fired up with passion about the mission of TSA, yes, the cadets. Hey, don't let it go to your heads if you're reading this. You'll probably drive me nuts as the days wear on, but for today? It's a good day.
Check out the next blog, and find out what TSA, pentecostals, Mennonites and Love Feasts are doing together at CFOT. It's a good day.
Peace,
Rick
I think we have to stop going off about what's wrong with TSA or with the ultimate answers to all that ails us. Here's what I'm thinking. The Army needs to revamp its militaristic style. We need to dump uniforms. We should be doing more rituals. Whatever the ballywick is...When we suddenly come up with these new revelations from God it sets us up as the prophets to the movement/denomination/etc. and in my opinion denegrates the witness of the body and all of those who have gone before. The Church is not just the group who we hang with today. It is the body of Christ from all ages. I'm not really on anyone's case, but it is a reminder to me because of the CFOT experience where we have access to really great leaders and the knowlege of those who have gone before. My calling is not lived out in my own pious vacuum, but was borne on the backs and efforts of officers who paved the way.
Today at CFOT we had a lecture by Major Geoff Ryan (I still find the whole major thing hard to swallow with Geoff), but he's earned his stripes God bless him...I digress...Geoff presented my class with a paradigm for the body of Christ in 2006 and the context of church situated among the poor and marginalized. What a blessing to have great leaders come and share in the CFOT community. CFOT, for all of its "perceived" warts is an opportunity to learn in community and draw from a huge database of experience. Cadets are blessed to hang with this crowd, and I'm having fun hanging out with the same, but I also get a group of people who easily get fired up with passion about the mission of TSA, yes, the cadets. Hey, don't let it go to your heads if you're reading this. You'll probably drive me nuts as the days wear on, but for today? It's a good day.
Check out the next blog, and find out what TSA, pentecostals, Mennonites and Love Feasts are doing together at CFOT. It's a good day.
Peace,
Rick
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