In the Coracle

Rose Madrid-Swetman over at Jesus Creed

May 12, 2008 // Tags: Faith, missional, missional church

My friend and mentor Rose write today on JesusCreed.org’s ongoing series of pastoral wisdom about “if you could begin all over again, what would you do differently?”

Rose co-pastors a church that I highly respect, and her post is well worth reading.

An excerpt:

Scot: If you could begin all over again, what one thing would you have focused on more? Or, put differently, what wisdom would you give to a new pastor if you were asked this question: What should I focus on?

Rose: I am going to make a couple of assumptions. First, I have a core team that is organized around a common mission. Second, that we agree that our faith community is to be a sign, agent, and witness to the Kingdom of God.

With those two assumptions in my pocket, I would focus on “growing a church big rather than growing a big church.” [...]

The whole article is here. Rose blogs here.

This interview would be a really nice complement to what those of you coming over from today’s link to my post to church planters from ChurchMarketingSucks are responding to.

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Welcome! I'm Pat, and I'll be your host here. Please comment on what you see here. I am a lay missionary to North Bend on the east side of Seattle, a husband, dad to 2 kids, a software test architect for DeepRockDrive, a web software company that does live, interactive concerts streamed over the Internet. I'm also a failed and (quite possibly future) church planter and a Doctor of Ministry student with Bakke Graduate University, and usually on this blog we discuss Christian spirituality (especially of the Celtic, post-Evangelical, post-Charismatic and neo-monastic flavors), photography, motorcycles, and other oddball things.

About the Coracle

The ancient Celts traveled in coracles - handmade, wooden framed and hide-covered boats, to journey where the trinitarian God led them. Though the transportation was simple, the journey was profound. This image is an illustration of the way I experience God's guidance - an invitation to travel with him on his paths, not mine; at his pace, not mine.