Hmmmm, yah, I suspect even as I'm writing this he's changing his identity...and hiding in some safe house. Apparently, the evangelical church has him on their most wanted list.
It is a terrible thing to be lazy. It is even more terrible to assume that everyone else whose work is the same as yours is just as lazy as you are. And it is even worse still to think that there is no more to do than what one is doing and that laziness is built into the job. On this Reformation weekend allow a quote from Luther: "dear sirs and brothers, pastors and preachers; pray, read, study, be diligent ... This evil shameful time is not the season for being lazy, for sleeping and snoring." He who thinks that prayer is not hard work has never tried it.
Just read that the average person in Toronto works over 54 hours. If we expect another 15 hours for church on top of that they're up to 70 hours not including commute time. I'm thinking this is the wrong baseline to shoot for. Hard work, yes - workaholism, no.
Right on Ken. People got to get their priorities straight, especially Christians God first, family second, ministry third. If God is first in our lives that will permeate everything else and He will help in all the rest and the church will benefit. It might mean some major adjustments in people's lives but the result is glory to God and peace and joy and contentment to us. Its liberating and frees people up to serve God. We then stop listening to what the world tells us how we ought to live and what our priorities should be and get back on God's program and His way which is always best. The problem with too many Christians is they are listening too much to what the world is telling them and they miss out on the victorious life that can only be found in Christ.
The part that's hard is that it's a dynamic tension. I don't think you can always say family before ministry; it's a give and take and there are times where it's hard to know which comes first. I think you're right that the answer is looking to Christ to see how he lived.
Thursday, October 27, 2005 at 7:31PM 
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It seems that you've hidden yourself Scott. You've changed your URL and we have to be 'authorized' to view your new site. Gone too far this time?
Hmmmm, yah, I suspect even as I'm writing this he's changing his identity...and hiding in some safe house. Apparently, the evangelical church has him on their most wanted list.
It is a terrible thing to be lazy. It is even more terrible to assume that everyone else whose work is the same as yours is just as lazy as you are. And it is even worse still to think that there is no more to do than what one is doing and that laziness is built into the job. On this Reformation weekend allow a quote from Luther: "dear sirs and brothers, pastors and preachers; pray, read, study, be diligent ... This evil shameful time is not the season for being lazy, for sleeping and snoring." He who thinks that prayer is not hard work has never tried it.
Just read that the average person in Toronto works over 54 hours. If we expect another 15 hours for church on top of that they're up to 70 hours not including commute time. I'm thinking this is the wrong baseline to shoot for. Hard work, yes - workaholism, no.
Right on Ken. People got to get their priorities straight, especially Christians God first, family second, ministry third. If God is first in our lives that will permeate everything else and He will help in all the rest and the church will benefit. It might mean some major adjustments in people's lives but the result is glory to God and peace and joy and contentment to us. Its liberating and frees people up to serve God. We then stop listening to what the world tells us how we ought to live and what our priorities should be and get back on God's program and His way which is always best. The problem with too many Christians is they are listening too much to what the world is telling them and they miss out on the victorious life that can only be found in Christ.
The part that's hard is that it's a dynamic tension. I don't think you can always say family before ministry; it's a give and take and there are times where it's hard to know which comes first. I think you're right that the answer is looking to Christ to see how he lived.