I can't throw and catch at the same time
What kind of church doesn't have Sunday school? An honest one.
When the New England Patriots lost Super Bowl 46 to the New York Giants in 2012, Gisele Bundchen, supermodel and wife of the Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, angrily assessed the reason for the loss: “My husband cannot [expletive] throw the ball and catch it at the same time.” Brady had thrown plenty, but several of his teammates dropped those passes, especially in the last quarter. And the Patriots lost.
I’ve found myself thinking about that quote quite a bit lately in my role as pastor and teacher of a small church in the middle of Maine. Old South, the congregation I serve, is blessed with very dedicated people who work hard for the church, and for its various ministries. But, the church is a small one and it can’t do everything.
How do we let go of those aspects of church life that we simply cannot do anymore?
