Editor’s Note:
This post was written in the very earliest days of what would become the Simplicity Church Network. It reflects the process of letting go of old models, listening to Jesus, and learning to follow the Spirit into a new way of being the Church.
Many of us have been on a flight when we hear a message similar to this: “This is the Captain, we are turning on the fasten seat belt sign as we are encountering some turbulence in our flight path.”
Mike and I were meeting today and I told him to be prepared for weird “crisis” items to arise as we move towards our launch on Sunday. Mike laughed and said that his car had a mechanical failure last week and his central air at home was making noises that central air conditioning systems shouldn’t be making. Then he laughingly questioned if that was the weird kind of stuff I was referring to?
When I got home I was greeted with my crisis situation as well. We have a house in Pennsylvania that never sold when we moved to Corpus Christi nearly 2 years ago. Since our move it has had the pipes burst twice in subzero temperatures, the inground oil tanks leak and take on water, the copper plumbing and boiler control stolen, water damage to the lower floor from the busted pipes on the upper floor…you get the idea. Fortunately this last spring we were finally able to get the house rented, unfortunately this summer the roof started leaking. Two separate roofing contractors looked at it and declared that it could not be patched and needed to be totally replaced. Needless to say we have not had the funds to do that and so we had the roofer tarp the roof as best as he could. Unfortunately we learned today that the tarp is not keeping the water out and we have to do something.
So with no savings, no cash flow, etc…we are asking God to show us the way.
At least we know we are on the right track.