There hasn't been a lot on this blog recently, but every so often something turns up that it seems important to take note of. This latest post from Mike Breen is one such item. He's discussing the effect of Western individualism on the missional framework. He begins this way:
Since we began experimenting with discipleship, Missional Communities,
and the like in England in the 1990s, we have been partners and friends
in what you might call the missional movement. It has been fantastic to
see all that God has done through what we believe is a work of his
Spirit in remobilizing the church for mission.
.....However, I think if we’re honest, it’s not producing the kind of church
we see in the book of Acts. At worst it stirs up guilt that we’re “not
doing enough,” and at best it produces people who have a vague
conviction that they should be “missional” at work, at school, in the
neighborhood, etc, but who don’t really know how to do it in a non-weird
way, so we either end up saying something awkward or we say nothing at
all.
This isn't a long blog post, but it's well worth visiting.
