Ortberg Strikes Again

Anyone who knows me, knows that John Ortberg serves as one of the most influential humans in my life. I have enjoyed his preaching for years, his ability to meld both theology and the underlying psychology together in a way that doesn't violate both.

I just read his article, Your Hidden Curriculum. It is precisely what I wish I could say in the way he has written it. This addresses part of the underlying stuff that goes on in ecclesiastical cultures. We must be willing to address these, to examine these. In fact, an unwillingness to examine these probably serves as one of the greatest indicators that fear dominates the culture. I find more and more that ecclesiastical cultures tend to operate more from fear than we are led to admit. Our formal curriculum may declare the opposite. Again, the more we confess how free we are of fear may indicate how much fear does dominate.

So, read the article, look at his questions posed at the end, and give prayerful reflective thought of how your religious organization honestly answers the questions. And know...He is strong!

Until...