Resurrected...
Yup... Organicchurch.com is back. I have all the old articles, but they're kinda bonked because the other CMS I was using was kinda weird... But I'll get them back up soon... Or maybe not so you can enjoy them slowly (I know some are hard to swallow.)
Future plans??? I have no idea- other than OC live starting again in Palm Beach, FL. "Beer and Bibles" is the name on tap... :-)
Keep posted. Sorry it's been so long. It's been a very challenging couple years. More later. Read on for possible spoilers for the next installment of OC.com...
I've been wondering about my new direction... I was kind of jaded and bitter and, frankly, probably pretty arrogant in my presentation. I pointed a lot of fingers and made a lot of accusations but offered few solutions. And I had no reason to be so jaded. My life was pretty damn near perfect- I had nothing to complain about...
But now, I have been through some TERRIBLE experiences. I have a reason to be jaded... with the Church, with God, with society, with life...
But I realize that it does nothing good. It breeds discontent and grumpiness. It keeps us under the enemy's thumb. It hurts our souls. It keeps us broken.
And it keeps Christ from healing us...
So I'm considering moving everything to a new site... "ViaFide.org." Via Fide is latin for "the Way of Faith" and I'd like to explore not what's wrong in the church, my own life, in TV Preacher-land.... But maybe start focusing on what's right. Maybe I could see the beauty instead of the hurt...
I've been really influenced by Brian McLaren recently. Not so much in his books (though in that way as well), but in his responses to others, especially his critics. He's a very generous and kind person and even when being attacked or disagreeing with someone, he seems to look for a constructive and charitable ways to respond.
I choose that path for myself. I want to stop being so disgruntled, and feeding the jaded part of me- and try to find beauty wherever it can be found.
I want to make the world better....
We'll see.
