A New Start

In this consumer culture I’m sure many people leave churches in search of a better or newer “product.” After 25+ years of life with one faith community (with the exception of a period in the mid 1990s) my wife and I have left this community and our heritage, but for a much different reason than the one mentioned.

We needed a new start. And we lacked no courage in starting over. The pain of leaving outweighed the pain of staying. When you become too guarded to be of service, it is time to go.

We have left many friends and we are discovering that leaving is much more difficult than we envisaged.

I will continue to serve as an editor and writer for New Wineskins Magazine. I think God for the crew there. They encourage me in my wackiness.

Now we move forward with freshness and hope—looking for new areas of service.

Postscript to the (Progressive) Churches of Christ

If the Churches of Christ had given equal time and energy in equipping the people of God in missional aptitude as it has in convincing and pacifying its membership in transitioning from acappella to instrument accompaniment the Churches of Christ would be much closer to reversing the decline in its membership.