Stop and Go

Robert Scoble (a blogger from Microsoft) comments on "Stop Energy." That is, people that complain about something or create roadblocks but do nothing to actually help. He's referring moreso to the IT industry but I also see people that do this with churches and other Christians. Too often I have heard of people that no longer go to church because of various problems in the church. The church may well have problems but what are these people going to do about it? To merely complain is to contribute to the problem.

I remember a pastor who once said that he knew that there were problems with the North American church model and with his particular church model. And yet, in the absence of a better solution, he was going to stick with what he had. He didn't want to but he understood the difference between identifying a problem and solving it.

It takes little insight to point out flaws in people or in churches. It takes great wisdom and equal heart to help solve those flaws in a life-giving way.