@ Vision

July 26th, 2007

How do you cast a vision? Why don’t people catch a vision once it’s been cast? Do people not get inspired anymore?For those of us that do get inspired, for me it’s daily, what can be done to share this great experience with those around us? For me as part of the staff of a church I deal daily with vision casting and trying to get people to care about the things that God cares about. This is an up hill battle for sure and it is very discouraging sometimes.

Imagine if you will a place where you have friends, friends so close you could call them family. These people love and accept you for who you are, where you are, and what you are, right now. These people may or may not care about the environment, politics, social injustice or religion but that’s ok because they love each other for the simple fact that they exist and what they believe doesn’t matter to receive and give that love.

Sounds pretty good to me. How about you? This is part the vision of Real Life Community Church, but getting people to actually live this vision out in their lives is harder than it seems. With an idea (it’s Christs’ idea) as good as this why don’t people want to live it? Here are a couple easy ways to join in.

1. This Blog. I spend time and energy on this blog every week. I enjoy it. I could enjoy it more if people would read it and leave comments. I have publicized it at church, on the website, and in the weekly email but to no avail. This blog is for you. It is here so we can have a discussion and share ideas, concerns and to celebrate life and beauty. This is an easy way for you to start giving and receiving the love I spoke of earlier.

2. Real Groups. At Real Life Community Church we are a church of small groups and not a church with small groups. I am a group “leader”. I hate that term. I don’t want to lead why does a group of friends getting together to “do” life together need a leader? I’ve been inviting several people to our group and they just don’t seem interested. Some attend Real Life and some don’t. Those that don’t I can understand but those that do attend Real Life really don’t have a excuse (unless they just don’t like me, and that is very possible). They attend a church thats vision is to share life together in community but these people don’t join in a community (real group) to do this. They come every week to a Sunday service but don’t understand the vision of the church. Why? I hear it preached from the pulpit (music stand) every week. I don’t think it could be any clearer. So why attend a church were you don’t even buy into the vision. If you just want to sit there then do it somewhere else.

This may sound mean, like I don’t have this love that I talk about but that is not the case. I say these things because I do love you, I don’t even know who if anyone reads this, but I love you. I want the best for you I want you to live you life to the fullest and experience things beyond you imagination. I think this is possible by living the way Christ exemplified. That’s the driving force behind everything we do at Real Life.

But…I could be wrong.

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