For many years now, I've often thought that my generation would be a pivotal generation. One that would help turn culture and the future of the church. My friend...let's just call him Dan Serdahl for now...uses the word hinge to describe it. He always has the cool ways of saying things.
It seems like "life in the hinge" is one that has many unexpected moments. One of those unexpected moments has been summed up by a question by another friend...let's just call him Eric Bryant. EB asked me the other day, "So what's the deal with all these worship leaders becoming church planters?" I think It's life in the hinge. When Jesus is up to something that changes paradigm and goes against the current culture, unexpected things happen. Like guys who are great at making music and leading worship all of a sudden feeling the nudge towards something crazy.
That's what Jesse Butterworth called it when he described his story to me last week. It was a story that sounded all too familiar. It's strange...here are two guys that didn't really see themselves as church planters at first nudge but still had a feeling like there was something more to ministry and something more to church leadership that what they were currently experiencing. I guess we just weren't connecting the dots?
I look forward to the hinge. I embrace the hinge. I own the hinge. What I want to ask my generation is are you willing to be a pivotal generation even if you don't get to see the fruition of your dreams and aspirations? Are you willing to live life in the hinge so that the generations that follow get to live out life in the new world, the new dawn, the new life? We may not ever be able to step foot into the promise land, but someone has to lead the crew through the wilderness.
That's life in the hinge.
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