Way Out People Know the Way Out

I came across this quote (Way out people know the way out) while listening to and reading one of my favorite authors, Michael Frost. It has stuck with me. All too often in our churches we settle for the safe, the easy, the mundane. We are more like the rabbits in the book Watership Down who long to stay underground in the "safety" of the rabbits warren (home). We need to be more like the main rabbit character Fiver who isn't content to stay where he is and play it safe. He wants to set out into the world and be on adventures. I can hear the rabbits thinking that Fiver is crazy... and all too often that is what we do in the church with people who don't seem to fit the "Mold".

I know when I have a different idea or opinion than the majority at our sponsoring church (which happens now and again) sometimes I speak up and sometimes I don't. I am sometimes afraid of what people might think (I wish I didn't feel that way at times) of me or the idea. My prayer is that I will speak up and share more, even if the idea is way out there. After all "way out people know the way out."

As an aside, I will be leaving tomorrow for 2 days in Pittsburgh with my cohort group that I went to London with. We are working on our papers and presentation for our retreat in which all the various cohorts from the past year will get together. My part of the paper deals with the need for leaders to take risks in our emerging postmodern world (that's a surprise). Pray that it is a good two days of dialogue, discussion, and some fun thrown in the mix.