There's always an excuse. We all have them. I've been trying to get this blog started for over 6 months. I'm a procrastinator by nature but it's time to just get going. At a conference I attended a few months back, one of the attendees suggested that we need to start doing things "badly." He recalled that when he started walking, he did it badly. when he first learned to throw a baseball, he did it badly. Many of us want to start doing things and do them well the first time. Maybe that's why I've been so hesitant with this blog. I want the first post to be amazing. I guess this is proof that it just needs to be done and if it's bad...I'll learn.
I also think this applies to the majority of our congregations. They have become too petrified to try new things either due to past failures or from a fear that they will do it poorly. What if all our churches decided to engage their community in a new way even if the did it "badly" at first? It would be amazing. Even at our worst, God might actually do something miraculous.
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