Talk, talk, talk

One evening several years ago, I sat in a meeting with a bunch of very well intentioned church leaders. The topic of heating and cooling systems came up, because of the churches problematic system. The heating/cooling system was discussed at great length among these men. We talked about the weight of the system(a roof top unit), what we thought the capacity was, etc. For 45 minutes we poured ourselves into this discussion. At about the 45 minute mark, I asked who actually knew anything about heating and cooling systems. The room went dead, people just looked around at each other, not sure how to answer, because the bottom line was, nobody knew anything about heating/cooling systems.

I have been fairly quiet on the internet lately, both here and in other places. I have been listening. I think we talk too much. I think that we often talk and haven't got a clue of what we are talking about. We need to look like we know what we are doing. God forbid, we lose credibility. With who? What if people realized we are just plodding along on this journey, trying to figure out life and faith, just like they are?

One of my major complaints about church is that we always talked too much. We had committees, and study groups and sub-committees, etc. Sometimes I wonder if the pomo church is any different. We just meet on line and talk ad nauseum about stuff. I guess I am just at a point where I want to talk less and do more.

It's just where I am at these days.....

Peace,

K