You might be thinking, these are nice theological ideas, but they seem disconnected from the decisions we need to make for our congregation. We can’t wait. If we wait, we’ll be closed in a few months. If our car idles here any longer, it might start rusting. We understand the sentiment. Yet, this is exactly where things get mixed up. We seem so anxious that it confuses us about who is the star of the church’s story. Inside the anxiety and anger, we become obsessed with our own story.
