Out!

...Jesus cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!" John 11:45








Jesus is calling us out:
  "Church, come out!" 

Come out!
from behind the walls of the building ~
   there is a world out here where God is moving. 

Come out!
from the non-life-giving traditions ~
  look at what new things God has given us!

Come out!
from your fears ~ 
   with God, nothing is impossible, remember?

Come out!
from the desire to some how control the Spirit ~
   instead, let the Holy Spirit breathe through you.

Come out!
from antagonistic behavior ~
  live a life of giving and forgiving.

Come out!
from your pettiness and insecure behaviors ~
  there's real work to be done; join in!

Come out, Church!
Come out!

Bones

Thus says the Lord go to these bones: "I will cause breath to enter you, and you shall live." Ezekiel 37:5









A sign of aging ~
These weary bones
Ache
As I slowly rise from
The chair in which I sit
Or my bed
It takes awhile
To get moving.

A few deep breaths,
Some stretching,
I am moving again.
I am ready to live this day.

A sign of aging ~
These weary bones
Complain
As it fears the change
Or as it feels despair
Are we dying, dying?
Consumable
Church.

It requires the Holy Spirit
And the effort of stretching
To move again.
To live.