Comments on: “Overwhelmed? Take the helm…” http://www.signposts.org.au/2003/09/26/overwhelmed-take-the-helm/ musings from those on the journey Sat, 27 Dec 2008 02:43:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Chris http://www.signposts.org.au/2003/09/26/overwhelmed-take-the-helm/#comment-1242 Chris Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.signposts.org.au/2003/09/26/overwhelmed-take-the-helm/#comment-1242 When I was at teachers college we shared our classes with a group from the navey. They had a different view. They had a slide with a destroyer that had rammed a aircraft carrier midships. Underneath was written "A collision at sea can ruin your entire day!" Personally, I'd be careful who you let steer. When I was at teachers college we shared our classes with a group from the navey. They had a different view. They had a slide with a destroyer that had rammed a aircraft carrier midships. Underneath was written “A collision at sea can ruin your entire day!”

Personally, I’d be careful who you let steer.

]]> By: Chris http://www.signposts.org.au/2003/09/26/overwhelmed-take-the-helm/#comment-1243 Chris Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.signposts.org.au/2003/09/26/overwhelmed-take-the-helm/#comment-1243 oops, didn't mean a castrated bull but you get the idea :-) oops, didn’t mean a castrated bull but you get the idea :-)

]]> By: Michael Toy http://www.signposts.org.au/2003/09/26/overwhelmed-take-the-helm/#comment-1244 Michael Toy Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 http://www.signposts.org.au/2003/09/26/overwhelmed-take-the-helm/#comment-1244 hmm, what i've discovered in my brief time at the wheel is that it is a lot harder than i thought it was. what seemed like a simple task from the outside seems almost doomed on the inside. suddenly i have tremendous respect for a community which is alive, because they do not grow spontaneously, they are all little miracles. i find myself wishing, in parental way, that the people who are critical of me would wind up leading a church full of people just like them :) i hear the comment about crashing the ship, but maybe we should build smaller and lighter ships so we aren't so cautious about letting other people steer? it does seem like jesus to hand the wheel over, he came to earth to give away power (among other things). hmm, what i’ve discovered in my brief time at the wheel is that it is a lot harder than i thought it was. what seemed like a simple task from the outside seems almost doomed on the inside. suddenly i have tremendous respect for a community which is alive, because they do not grow spontaneously, they are all little miracles. i find myself wishing, in parental way, that the people who are critical of me would wind up leading a church full of people just like them :)
i hear the comment about crashing the ship, but maybe we should build smaller and lighter ships so we aren’t so cautious about letting other people steer? it does seem like jesus to hand the wheel over, he came to earth to give away power (among other things).

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