Comments on: Elitist or Common Man http://www.ldrteam.com/blog/elitist-or-common-man/ Equipping Leaders and Empowering Churches Wed, 12 May 2010 17:56:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: rosemariek http://www.ldrteam.com/blog/elitist-or-common-man/comment-page-1/#comment-31 rosemariek Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:42:01 +0000 http://www.ldrteam.com/blog/?p=304#comment-31 How kind of God to choose those of us who are ordinary, broken, and worthless to do his wonderful work. I stand in awe of the cross that makes Christian leadership possible among us. An observations: sometimes - if we are jealous of what God is doing through others - we can project "elitest" on those who don't have that attitude at all. No one of us fills another's shoes - and that is why interdependency and valuing the gifts and abilities of others is so vital. Kudos to all of you who have super-gifts of leadership and who head the charge when the Spirit is on the move! How kind of God to choose those of us who are ordinary, broken, and worthless to do his wonderful work. I stand in awe of the cross that makes Christian leadership possible among us.

An observations: sometimes – if we are jealous of what God is doing through others – we can project “elitest” on those who don’t have that attitude at all. No one of us fills another’s shoes – and that is why interdependency and valuing the gifts and abilities of others is so vital. Kudos to all of you who have super-gifts of leadership and who head the charge when the Spirit is on the move!

]]> By: swraimo http://www.ldrteam.com/blog/elitist-or-common-man/comment-page-1/#comment-30 swraimo Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:51:44 +0000 http://www.ldrteam.com/blog/?p=304#comment-30 Amen . . . an outcropping of years of abuse and 'clergy - laity' distinctives, this false perspective still permeates the Church. The Body of Christ is made up of many parts, none greater than the other yet functioning with different responsibilities. I also wonder if we have taken the gifts given the church by Christ and put titles and positions to them in order to meet our own eccentricities and over-laid the examples seen in the business community. Are we still demanding ‘a king’ as did the children of Israel? We love titles, status, privilege, and entitlement. Have we created the church celebrities? And, has this led to church dysfunction? Is it time for the Church to rethink how we do church? As I write, I am reminded of the comparison the late Catherine Marshall made between the ‘egocentric personality’ and the ‘God-centered personality’ in her book Beyond Our Selves. I wonder if the Church is guilty of losing the God perspective. Amen . . . an outcropping of years of abuse and ‘clergy – laity’ distinctives, this false perspective still permeates the Church. The Body of Christ is made up of many parts, none greater than the other yet functioning with different responsibilities. I also wonder if we have taken the gifts given the church by Christ and put titles and positions to them in order to meet our own eccentricities and over-laid the examples seen in the business community. Are we still demanding ‘a king’ as did the children of Israel? We love titles, status, privilege, and entitlement. Have we created the church celebrities? And, has this led to church dysfunction? Is it time for the Church to rethink how we do church?
As I write, I am reminded of the comparison the late Catherine Marshall made between the ‘egocentric personality’ and the ‘God-centered personality’ in her book Beyond Our Selves. I wonder if the Church is guilty of losing the God perspective.

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