February 10, 2015

Shades of Ego

I attended a gathering where people in the audience were given an opportunity to speak from the floor. Once again I watched as a speaker waved off the program host saying, “No, I don’t need a mic, everyone can hear me.” Invariably impassioned words fail to reach the entire audience because of the speaker’s overconfidence in his abilities. “Like clouds and wind without rain is a man who boasts of gifts he does not give” (Proverbs 25:14 NIV).

1 comment:

Steve Corey said...

Gail;

-----Your sharing these experiences with us is really educational. I never perceived there was such a wide variety in the way church is done. This church seems particularly patterned after the glimpse of Corinthian church service Paul showed in I Corinthians 14. I’ve always advocated for more of that style in the church, but your little glimpse of it set in reality seems to be cooling my heels.

Love you all,
Steve Corey