I think about Congregation Nameless, and I wonder if perhaps there is a healthy reason behind each of the unhealthy reasons. Perhaps the education chair and the house committee members have a need to know that their lives matter, that they have a special gift, a unique terumah that they can offer to God.
I’ve seen lay leaders act in all sorts of destructive ways. But usually, what brings them into lay leadership is a desire to find holiness in their lives. Lay leaders rarely know that that’s what their looking for. They express their desire for holiness in all sorts of strange ways, like protesting when a favorite project is cancelled. But the search for holiness is almost always there. As Ron told me more than a decade ago, what else is there besides the desire to get closer to God?
Part of the process we need to go through in all of our discussions is to find the spark of holiness behind the unhealthy reasons. That willingness to take the time to find the holy spark is what makes our discussions arguments for sake of Heaven
Unhealthy Reasoners
June 26th, 2009 at 8:32 amI think about Congregation Nameless, and I wonder if perhaps there is a healthy reason behind each of the unhealthy reasons. Perhaps the education chair and the house committee members have a need to know that their lives matter, that they have a special gift, a unique terumah that they can offer to God.
I’ve seen lay leaders act in all sorts of destructive ways. But usually, what brings them into lay leadership is a desire to find holiness in their lives. Lay leaders rarely know that that’s what their looking for. They express their desire for holiness in all sorts of strange ways, like protesting when a favorite project is cancelled. But the search for holiness is almost always there. As Ron told me more than a decade ago, what else is there besides the desire to get closer to God?
Part of the process we need to go through in all of our discussions is to find the spark of holiness behind the unhealthy reasons. That willingness to take the time to find the holy spark is what makes our discussions arguments for sake of Heaven