Turns out Derwin Gray has the same pastor’s car park that I do.
Read more if you’re curious.
And no, this is not the view from my car park.
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Turns out Derwin Gray has the same pastor’s car park that I do.
Read more if you’re curious.
And no, this is not the view from my car park.
I’m playing with Getty Images new embed option.
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I will assume you are pointing this bloke’s post to us because you approve of it.
So I will say this in response …
What a shame he is now undoing all his humble walking by drawing the world’s attention to it.
I suppose he doesn’t have a designated office either. Or take a stipend. Or call himself “Lead Pastor”. Or have a long description on his blog all about himself.
Sometimes things like having a car park close to church, or having an office, or employing a PA, can make you a better servant.
By all means, decry CEOmanship. But please don’t tell me that having a designated car park means that I’m not modelling servant leadership.
I don’t think the post implied that, and neither do I.
I wouldn’t have used it if I did.
Nor did I think it was a humble-brag, seeking to passively gain attention by pointing to humility.
Taken at face value, it was written as a response to people’s questions, and serves the same purpose for me.
There is a place for revealing that certain choices are deliberately made to display the character of Jesus.
I can understand why declining a designated spot in a city environment would not only be unhelpful, but foolish.
At our place, from time to time we communicate that it’s a good idea to leave car parks close to the front door, so parents, the infirm and especially visitors have easy access. That’s when I knew where to park.
Same thing with trying to help our scandalised African families know why I never go first at church lunch.
In a week where we’ve seen churches that have Sunday School colour in sheets featuring the pastor, it saddens me that a post like this would bring grief to a tender conscience.
Modelling Christ’s servant heart can contextualise to anything, including manning the grill at the harvest fair.
Looking forward to seeing you in Sydney in a couple of weeks.
Love this