cathedral building

We had another good meeting this evening of the Leadership Team.

We didn't build the cathedral, as it were: we just put another good stone in place.

It would be nice to be able to build such a thing in an instant. But it doesn't work like that. There's the one in Barcelona that's been years and years in the building and it's still not yet complete.

These things take time.

The man who was leading our study tonight at the start of our time together - the man I mentioned yesterday - he directed us all to the letters that Jesus sent to two churches. You can read the passage yourself in Revelation 3.7-22.

Two doors. "See," says Jesus, "I have set before you an open door..." And then, to the other church, "Here I am! I stand at the door and knock."

Powerful stuff. He has his clear and significant purposes for us here. But he needs to be right at the centre of all that is going on.

We prayed about that and talked around that for most of our time. And we sensed pretty much that the Lord was saying we had to be opening our door wide to him.

Not just one day a week. Not just four days a week (which is sort of what it is at present).

But every day!

So that we can learn to be community. A 21st century monasticism sort of thing.

How that'll all pan out remains to be seen. That's the next course of stones to get built on top of this.

One stone at a time is how a cathedral is built.

The Lord's doing a lot of rebuilding around our land these days.

And the same sort of thing applies as much in this broader context too. It takes time. But the Lord sets before us an open door, and one step at a time we press on through.

The way ahead is far from clear on the broader big church front. And I had a good long time this afternoon with another guy who's wrestling with all of the issues.

Another day's building. Another stone put in place.

The Lord is building his kingdom.

I'm glad to be part of it!