In a recent talk here in the Chicago area, Dallas Willard made a comment on spiritual formation that haunts me. “…all this appears to the ordinary Christian today like near or distant galaxies in the night sky: visible, somehow, but inaccessible in the conditions of life as we know them. Hence you will rarely meet an individual Christian who is seriously engaged in the transformation depicted in the Bible…or who even has a hope for anything like it this side of heaven.”
Say it’s not true. Please. I beg you. Yet 30+years of ministry experience tells me it is. Persistent patterns of sin remain, souls are malnourished, and the person whose heart beats passionately for God stands out as abnormal in our ministries. Not always, but far too often.
How is it in your ministry? How is it in your own life? Does real growth seem attainable? Really?
That’s why our team is so passionate and excited about the topic of the Group Life Conference 2009. We believe real change can happen and it happens best in a small group. And we have a lineup of speakers who share the same belief. And we have training planned that can help it happen more consistently in the groups you lead.
The brochure for the Group Life Conference 2009 is on the presses today. I thought it might be fun for you to have a sneak peek at the brochure before it's dropped in the mail. So we’ve attached a file for you to have the first look - enjoy!
And how about my question – is it just me (and Dallas) who think real growth seems beyond hope? And can we be the generation to change that?
GLC09 Brochure.pdf (2.38 mb)
