Well things are rolling right along in our transition time between the church plant  and the next Kingdom Adventure God has for us.  The kids are in good schools.  Deb is working in a school library; which she loves.  I’m picking up odd jobs, interim opportunities, and some other ministry projects as we wait on God’s timing and move.  Still looking for clarification as to whether we need to move into another plant or take an established preaching position and focus on sending others out.  But during this time I’m also taking in things around my boyhood home here in Amarillo.  Like Paul, I’ve looked around at the city’s Objects of Worship and have come across a number of signs like the one shown here.  While I do agree with the scripture on the sign, I’m not sure that’s the best way to win people to the love of Christ.  Might as well just get a bull horn and tell everyone on Polk Street that they’re going to Hell.  While there is a time and place for truth and clearly articulating the gravity of sin, I don’t think that sticking a sign like this in my yard is actually going to awaken my neighbors need for Christ’s love.  More than likely, whoever owns that placard is going to just be set aside on the mantel as another “religious nut” from the mid-west.  Seems like a better approach is to get involved in people’s lives, love on them, and then get some healthy dialogue going.  How do you go about talking about issues like sin with people who don’t use that kind of vocabulary much?