Asking Questions

Questions are a good thing...as long as I'm not the one being asked the questions! Questions make us feel like we're under the gun...like we have to come up with the right, perfect answer or every thing will collapse. As much as we know that the world does not rely on our perfect answers, it's sometimes difficult to avoid feeling pressure when being questioned.

However, like I said, questions are a good thing. Questions keep us on our toes. They keep us evaluating where we're at in this crazy life.

Lately, I've had a lot of questions running through my head about the church. Why do we do things the way we do them? How do we change from the church we are to the church we can be? What is the vision God has placed on our hearts for this church? If we were starting from scratch, what would our church look like...what would we do? What is my dream for Center Chapel? What is God calling us to do at Center Chapel? What things do we need to toss out the window? What things do we need to rediscover? What would happen if we made significant changes to our worship and ministries? Are we willing to make the changes that might come as a result of the questions we ask?

As the church, and as individuals, we need to be asking ourselves why we do what we do. I believe we need to be in a continual process of re-evaluating and rethinking what we do and why we do it. We may find that we're on the right track. We may find that we're heading down the road to destruction. Either way, we need to ask these important questions in order to know where we stand.