View from the Balcony

At one of the workshops I attended this calendar year, we were asked questions numbered 2-5 that have been very helpful to me. And to them I added questions 1 and 6.

1. How do you see the General Church? (This can be interpreted as the worldwide church or a particular denomination.)
2. How do you see your local church?
3. How do you see yourself personally?
4. How do you see yourself from a different angle?
5. What is your local church organized around?
6. Now replace the word "church" with the words "family" and the word "yourself" with "your family" and answer the same questions moving to clarifying your understanding as a family leader.

I will say that this has indeed been of help in clarifying the church and family functions of leadership. The leader at the workshop entitled these questions as having a "view from the balcony".

It is time ...

Wow! It seems to be that I am on overload right now. Lent is beginning ... lessons, leadership, preparation for Easter, digesting what I have become more acquainted with about the continuing changes in our nation that applies to our locality.

It is time to walk away for a while to listen, understand, and apply the guidance of the voice of God.