My eNews Comment on the Reggie McNeal Articles was Published

I don't know if Mike's still the Moderator of the blog, but this is the first time I remember that my comment was published on the day I submitted it.

I wasn't sure if it would be published at all. It describes To Talk is to Walk-ism and is a little feisty.

I'm going to try to keep Memorial Day 2021 in mind as a reference point for this to note if the holders of institutional authority in the CGGC are walking this talk. Somehow, I think, few people care.

Here it is, for those of you who don't read the CGGC blog:

Lance,

Thanks for including Reggie’s take on ministry these days in the eNews.

I must say, though, as insightful and inspiring as the articles are, there’s little new here.

This is THE PRESENT FUTURE and MISSIONAL RENAISSANCE, tweaked to fit the COVID crisis. We’ve known this for a long time.

Reading THE PRESENT FUTURE changed the way I do ministry. It reshaped what I think and, in the CGGC context, radicalized what I do.

In the CGGC we’ve known this stuff since Wayne Boyer began promoting it 15 years ago, yet, as enthusiastically as we talk it, still we don’t walk it.

I promise you that, as soon as you begin to lead us in this walk, that I will elbow myself to the front of the line of people who follow.

Blessings ,

bill