creatively innovative

funny how wrong-headed dogmatism can dominate 1's thoughts on a particular subject, until it's fully challenged, evaluated & amended or discarded. this past summer, cam expressed his want to be baptized while we swam in the backyard. part of me wanted to grab the bull by the horns & dunk him right then & there, but there was this other part that thought that maybe it wouldn't take if it wasn't in a church building & done by a legit, school taught pastor.

i came full circle w/this the other day when talking w/tim, our lead pastor, & began to express a desire to engage our community group in more intimate ordinances such as communion. 1 thing led to another & i shared the idea of baptism & the talk that cam & i had not to long ago. he caught me totally off guard by being all for it & after further thought on my part i came to the conclusion of...'why not?'

funny how i consider myself to be so progressive in so many areas of faith & ministry, but turn to only find that i'm still clinging to tradition in places that i never really considered before. this may be like a duh thing to you, but it was a real light bulb type moment for me. the more i think about the implications, the more excited i am & find myself longing for the warmth of summer & the water of the pool.

it's not that i'm against tradition...it's just that i'm against anything that would impede the faith journey that is biblical & spirit led. what a weird, wonderful trip it should be for the creatively, innovative & sold out following the most creatively innovative being there is. summer can't get here quick enough.

'hold him under brother, hold him under...'