Graham Tomlin writes about how a friend walked into his local church to go to the Bible study one evening.
people were sitting in a circle, he didn't recognise them, and then quickly realised, as he checked his watch, that it was the wrong day! He had actually walked into the local meeting of AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) but the meeting had started. He listened as people opened themselves up, explaining the sort of week they had just had, how they had managed to avoid "it". He mumbled apologies and left. Yet the meeting had a profound affect on him.
he had encountered honesty, admission of failure, celebration of success and mutual encouragement in a common struggle that he had rarely encountered at the Bible Study. The people he encountered were desperate and wanted to change. He found himself wishing the church was a bit more like that,
Hmmm food for thought
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Sorry that we missed you last week... in spite of some comments that you may have heard it was a God time for some of us. I actually feel quite bad for those who organized the event, after the unkind words that have been spoken I'll not be suprised with they couldn't be bothered with doing another one.
I hope that your studies are going well and that you are not too sorry that you have begun... it will be worth it if it transforms you ministry... which is a great ministry already from what I'm hearing
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