A good week

It has been a great week here at the blog. Our discussions of a need for ladies' fellowship has led to positive action. Last night, several ladies met together to plan future activities. I hope that went well. Also, we had some good discussion and interaction with Bill Gnade. Interestingly, Milton Stanley at Transforming Sermons has also linked to Contratimes, as well as two other blogs, also addressing the state of the North American Church. You can link to them from Transforming Sermons. You will find them well worth the reading.

Here is a sample from Kirk Wellum/ Redeeming The Time:

My suspicion is that there is little serious prayer. Prayer meetings, where the church comes together to seek God's face, are almost non-existent today. And even where they do exist, they are not well attended. I know, I know, people are busy!!! But all those busy people always seem to fine time to do lots of other things. That is why I have a difficult time taking their "I'm so busy excuse" seriously. The fact of the matter is we are all busy. And I would be prepared to argue that pastors who are doing their jobs properly are just as busy as anyone else and more so... busy without statutory holidays, a 40 hour work week, a pension after 25 or 30 years... incredibly busy without a lot of the basic labor reforms considered common place in the society at large. So busy is a lame excuse. It is a relative term. Who isn't busy?

Let me know what you think?