http://adammclane.com/2009/11/30/the-main-thing/ Wed, 23 May 2012 16:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://adammclane.com/2009/11/30/the-main-thing/#comment-7143 Gman Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:51:59 +0000 http://adammclane.com/?p=5282#comment-7143 One of the hardest thing for me as a church leader is telling people "No." I like to be liked but know as a leader there are some things we are doing that aren't focused on the Main thing. I was just having this conversation this morning with someone about a family that is frustrated with us because we don't have all the latest and greatest Teen stuff for their family ... I'm like we're too big to be small, too small to be big .... And yet we're trying to be focusing on Jesus. All the other stuff is just fluff. And yet we're into the Westernization of the Church - it has to be Big, fast, and better .... we focus on 3 things - butts, budgets and buildings. SAD isn't it? One of the hardest thing for me as a church leader is telling people “No.” I like to be liked but know as a leader there are some things we are doing that aren’t focused on the Main thing. I was just having this conversation this morning with someone about a family that is frustrated with us because we don’t have all the latest and greatest Teen stuff for their family … I’m like we’re too big to be small, too small to be big …. And yet we’re trying to be focusing on Jesus. All the other stuff is just fluff. And yet we’re into the Westernization of the Church – it has to be Big, fast, and better …. we focus on 3 things – butts, budgets and buildings. SAD isn’t it?

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