On June 14th the men of our church got together in Warrenton to fellowship over breakfast without the encumbrance of a meeting agenda. But that was the whole idea anyway, wasn’t it? Our task-oriented lives are filled to overflowing with priorities, schedules, meetings, and agendas. Should we not pause for a moment and remember that we just like spending time with each other? To discover the newness of relationship with someone who’s been sitting in the pew just a few feet away. To exchange words over subjects of common interest. Those words might have been exchanged a long time ago if we just had more time.
But God isn’t going to give us twenty-five hours today because we’d like to spend more time with each other. He gives us twenty-four and we must use them wisely. My interpretation of wisdom here is finding a balance. Yes, the things on our to-do lists are important in different ways. But they must be balanced with living life in a community of faith. A community of friends who just like to get together once in a while. Without an agenda. So stay tuned for the next edition of the No Agenda Men’s Breakfast. We’re planning the next one in the Bethesda / Rockville area.
-Karl