One of the ways I use this blog is to journal my observations about life.
I've been off of work for nearly a month so I've had a lot of time on my hands.
One thing I've done with that time is to follow CGGC parish priests on Facebook.
Because of the stay at home orders in various states, many CGGC churches are using social media to continue their ministries.
I've been monitoring a little of it to see the how CGGC and their parish priests are responding to the challenges of the day.
In the eNews, Lance is encouraging the people of the CGGC not to miss the Lord giving us the opportunity to change. His latest has the title, If the Lord is Doing a New Thing, Let's not Miss It.
Lance says he thinks the Lord is doing something new in our midst and encourages us not to miss it.
However, based on fruit I can examine from out here in the wilderness, on the level of doing, nothing has changed with Lance.
And, that's what I'm seeing for the most part across the CGGC.
I see pastor/parish priests struggling mightily to continue the old ways in a time of crisis, treading water until things can return to normal.
Won't they realize that for nearly 90 years in the CGGC, at least, normal has meant spiritual decay and numerical decline?
Why would anyone want to return to that? Yet, I'm seeing a great determination, if not passion, for things to return to normal.
I'm not seeing the godly sorrow that produces to the repentance that leads to salvation.
Admittedly, I'm viewing a small sample. I hope that what I'm seeing is not representative of the whole.
Please feel free to give me examples to show me that I'm wrong.
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