Part of our Wednesday evening routine is our sharing of “Good News-Bad News”. It is a wonderful expression of our life together. We remember events of the week; we ask for prayers for the challenges we face.
Last evening’s sharing was rather true to form. There are always a couple of folks with really funny stories. Someone has had an accomplishment that might go unnoticed but among the fellowship it is freely shared and celebrated. And then someone apologizes for the “downer” and proceeds to remind us that amid all the wonderful things happening in our lives we come together in order to receive comfort from all those things which rage around us. Far from being a downer, the request for prayerful support is exactly why we gather in the first place.
Carlyle Marney writes, “I have never been quite comfortable with a (pastor) who always has a perfectly clean desk. There is something a little too sterile about it. He is too well caught up on his work and it could mean that he is not participating, he is not in contact, he is not involved with enough unfinished things in his life.”
It is the “unfinished things” to which Christ calls us. It is attention to that which remains undone, to that which needs additional work, which defines the lives of Jesus’ followers.
We will celebrate all the wonderful things which occur; we will laugh at the funny stories; but let us never forget that it is the unfinished things which make our community the community of Christ.
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