Everybody’s afraid of something, and that’s not always bad. Fear of falling keeps us away from the edge of a cliff. Fear of wrecking (or getting a fine) stops us from ignoring a red light.
The last eleven months have sparked fear in the world in which we live.
Fear of a virus.
Fear of politics.
Fear of one another.
Fear of the unknown.
But when fear drives how you lead, your ability to lead will suffer. Here’s what I mean.
Read MoreLast week Trevor challenged the church not to seek or settle for a “new normal” in how we do ministry. To his way of thinking, “normal” is not where the church belongs at all. Instead, like the growth of his teenage daughters, he says the church should “progress through one change after another in the coming years. . . . The goal is not to settle into normal, the goal is to progress through life.”
I keep coming back to those words. Does the notion of No New Normal really apply to everyday life? Does it work for me?
I hope so. I’m beginning to see how his insights can apply personally to my life—and maybe to some other readers of his blog as well. Trevor’s points from last week make a good outline for my thoughts, too.
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