Unless the Lord builds the house...

This is part of some comments that Mark Humphries & I interchanged on his blog "Incident Report" that really captured some of what I've been feeling these past few days. Please forgive me for quoting my own comments from somebody else's blog!

robbymac wrote:

"Will God create a church for the emerging culture?" (referring to Mark's original blog) Let's hope and pray so! I'm not convinced we're doing all that great of a job. A man-made structure or a man-made de-structure: is there any difference? God has to move, otherwise I think we're all in deep doo-doo.

Mark responded:

Rob, I agree at least when I look at my own weak attempts. There is a lot of discussion which I don't doubt is needed but I sometimes wonder if it's a lot of theory but I wonder where is God...I think postmodern types love theories the way moderns love models, both can act as substitutes for not seeking God.

Leon@rd Sweet once asked: "Do you really believe in what you're doing? Or better yet, do you really believe that what you're doing is part of God's doing?" ("Aqua Church")

As Keith Green used to sing (quoting Psalm 127:1): "Unless the Lord builds the house, they labour in vain who try at all."