re:create ’09 – Thursday AM
- 1:39 PM Chris - Anne Jackson – the author of Mad Church Disease – is here to do the talk this morning. Really looking forward to it.
- 1:39 PM Chris - Like with all the other sessions, I’ll be pulling in comments from other people who are in the room. This is going to be good!
- 1:40 PM Chris - Anne also blogs at www.flowerdust.net – check it out.
- 1:41 PM Chris - Anne re-did her entire talk yesterday after hanging out with us for a couple of days. Courageous!
- 1:42 PM Chris - ‘The health of people in ministry is something I am very, very, very interested in.’
- 1:42 PM fmckinnon - @flowerdust is kicking off the next session, author of Mad Church Disease, @petewilson here with her #recreate
- 1:44 PM Chris -
- 1:44 PM Cynkeys - Anne Jackson a.k.a @flowerdust is up…PK’s rock! #recreate
- 1:44 PM markjaffrey - @flowerdust bringing her message at #recreate. http://twitpic.com/1cb5g
- 1:46 PM Chris - Anne comes by the whole understanding of mad church disease honestly -her dad was a pastor and his life changed pretty dramatically while he was in ministry.
- 1:48 PM Chris - The inner politics of church leadership struggles never cease to amaze me.
- 1:48 PM fbcjdrake - this is all too real @flowerdust is plowing in my field again! #recreate
- 1:49 PM Chris - ‘Things eventually became a Southern Baptist, west Texas bloodbath.’
- 1:52 PM Chris - Anne’s story is reminding me of the incredible importance of my relationship with my girls.
- 1:52 PM Chris - What will my girls think of God and the church based on what they see happening in my life and at OBC?
- 1:56 PM Chris - ‘Another job came up and I took it because I have pride issues.’ Yeah – good stuff from Anne. This is going to be big for people here.
- 1:57 PM Scope71 - Has @flowerdust stolen my life story? #recreate
- 1:57 PM danp - http://twitpic.com/1cbbc – Anne Jackson AKA flowersust.net touching hearts at #recreate
- 1:57 PM janjowen - Listening to the insightful anne jackson talk about health in ministry #recreate
- 2:00 PM Chris - ‘I was so busy doing things for God that I had forgotten about being with Him.’
- 2:00 PM Chris - The question that changed everything for Anne – ‘Is serving in this church interfering with your communion with Christ?’
- 2:02 PM Chris - ‘I was making killer videos, killer graphics, I could produce a service like *that* but because it wasn’t the overflow of God working through me I was being disobedient.’
- 2:02 PM Chris - ‘If you are not operating in God’s strength, you are being lied to. You are not fine.’
- 2:03 PM fmckinnon - when we withdraw from communion with God, we will burnout, and you won’t know it until it hits you. (@flowerdust) at #recreate
- 2:03 PM Chris - What matters more than my relationship with Christ – my job? my paycheque? my confidence in future?
- 2:04 PM fbcjdrake - meeting of all of the Pastor’s kids in the back of the room for immediate counseling after this session #recreate
- 2:05 PM Chris - ‘If you are in one of those places where you communion with Christ is being sacrificed, you must leave. Losing your relationship with God is not worth it.’
- 2:05 PM Chris - ‘God is your provider. Your job has never been your provision.’
- 2:06 PM fbcjdrake - I don’t want my kids growing up resenting the church. Lord help me to help them understand the real Body of Christ #recreate
- 2:06 PM Chris - ‘God didn’t say love ministry, love your job, love what you do. He said love me.’
- 2:07 PM Chris - Next question that struck Anne – ‘Are you living within the integrity of your conscience?’
- 2:08 PM Chris - Anne is talking about her trip to Uganda with Compassion and how it rocked her world. I have an amazing story of what Compassion is up to with the people in this room.
- 2:08 PM bradandrews - “you are not the provider of your family, God is the provider of your family…” – anne jackson. #recreate
- 2:09 PM Chris - Right when she returned from Africa, Anne had to sign an invoice for $100,000. Another landmark moment for her.
- 2:12 PM Chris - ‘What does being obedient look like to you? Are you doing that?’
- 2:13 PM Chris - Anne’s talk is making me think that Pete Wilson at Cross Point is an incredible leader. She serves at his church.
- 2:14 PM Chris - ‘Does it look like I’m struggling with stuff? Maybe not. But I am. And someone has to be the one to go first to give someone the gift of going second.’
- 2:15 PM Chris - If money and providing for my family were not issues and concerns, would I being doing what I’m doing now and doing it the same way?
- 2:17 PM Chris - ‘Some of you are in a very healthy place, spiritually. It is your responsibility to help carry the burdens of those who are struggling.’
- 2:17 PM Chris - ‘It would be completely irresponsible of us to let hurting, broken people in ministry continue to be broken.’
- 2:19 PM Chris - ‘It’s time for us in the room – those who have been brought here providentially – to carry the burdens of others. We have walls to break through but we’ve got to break through them.’
- 2:20 PM Chris - Okay – this is getting real. Time to shut it down. This is off the record now. Love y’all.
Thanks for stopping by the blog. I'm currently on sabbatical this summer - you can read more about my sabbatical here: Personal Update - What's Next
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