Spirit of Organization

I just finished reading Linchpin by Seth Godin and I must say that there is a lot in this book that I found disagreeable, which I won't go into right now. However, the author does make a good argument for the need today for innovative, tradition-breaking individuals in the workforce. The environment today is changing so rapidly, that companies simply cannot afford to do business as usual.

I can see how some of my posts might be perceived as communicating disdain for the church. I do get discouraged sometimes, but it's not with the church as such, but with the way Christians often hinder her full potential by an inane adherence to past structures and programs that no longer communicate the beauty and power of the message of Jesus Messiah. The situation is so critical that I am tempted at times to throw away the very word "church" and replace it with some more descriptive word, but, in the end, that word too would eventually become encrusted with ecclesiastical barnacles of the past. It was with great satisfaction, therefore, that I read the following paragraph from N. T. Wright's book "Simply Christian." If you love God's church, read on and be refreshed.