The Living Spirit

The church may very well be in the midst of the greatest revolution since the days of the Reformation.  Many people, smarter than I, are trying to articulate the shifting contexts in which the church lives today and anticipate what changes may be necessitated by those shifts.  It is difficult to see at this moment in time what a faithful community of faith might be in a few years.  There are two things of which I am certain.  There will always be a church.  God promised the ultimate success of the church and I trust in that promise.  And, the Living Spirit of God alive in the church will guide it toward ultimate success. The challenge comes for those of us engaged in the life of the church now, what do we do?  I would suggest we need to learn to listen carefully to the Living Spirit of God in us.  We need to embody that Spirit in such a way as to allow God’s Presence to shape and mold us into what we need to become.  This series aims at helping us take that first step of embodying, hopeful that we will leave the molding to God.