Comments for Where do we start in "Church Wellness?" at http://pres-outlook.net , comment 1 to 1 out of 1 comments http://pres-outlook.net Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:15:57 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://pres-outlook.net/opinion/guest-commentary/4943.html#comment-3330 I have to tell you Tom that this whole approach leaves me feeling it's deja vu all over again. We had Kennon Callan's 12 Keys to an Effective Church, the Purpose Driven Church by Warren, and who knows how many other 7 Step Programs and 10 Key Directions outlines. Nothing especially wrong with any of that, but it feels like we're being set up to become effective managers of God's grace, as if that were possible. And here we are barely a week from Pentecost and the untamed Spirit of God. If anyone possesses the chutzpah to believe we could tame the Spirit, I guess the can-do American managerial mind-set would give it a shot. So far, I'm just not having my imagination fired by this approach. But then I'm wondering if that's the intent of this healthy church perspective anyway. It seems like it was yesterday we Presbyterians were saying 'Theology Matters'. That had a short shelf life compared to the managerial mind-set,didn't it? - Hart Edmonds Wed, 30 May 2007 12:00:00 +0100