Servant Church

The notion of servant church is fundamental, yet challenging. It's not natural to want to be servants. We prefer to be 'top dog'. Yet service is what we are called to do. I was engaged in an interesting discussion at luch-time today about what this means - and how we can engage in effective ministry that serves in the midst of all today's pressures. It is too easy to become detached, or perhaps juggling too many balls. I like the little comment from John Proctor with reference to Matthew 23:1-12 - "Authority in the Church is always loaned and delegated ... Leadership is a temporary role. In heaven there will be no ranks, only worshippers." I can't help feeling that we are pretty good at 'ranks', even though many of us would claim not to be.