It's been quite awhile since I've done any journaling about this class. Right now I'm working on two assignments. One is to interview two different Christians about their work and what they think about 'calling'. The other is to write a case study about marketplace ministry. I've never done an assignment like either of these before. Should be interesting:)
I came across a quote this morning as I was finishing up "Crazy Love" by Francis Chan. He quotes a friend who once said "Christians are like manure: spread them out and they help everything grow better, but keep them in one big pile and they stink horribly". Interesting thought. It reminded me of this concept of the church gathered and the church scattered. As a body we're not really functioning as we were designed to if our focus is primarily on the church gathered. We are meant to be spread out in our community in order to be most effective. God has been working on this idea in my life over the last couple of years. Cultivating friendships with and deliberately making an effort to spend time with non-churched people has been refreshing and exciting and challenging all at the same time. Being a stay at home mom I could quite easily be homebound. Being a pastor's wife I could easily become church-bound. Combine those two roles and I'm embarrased to admit that for much of my adult life I've lived in that stupid bubble.
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