Passwords

Passwords are a huge part of life these days. We need them in all sorts of contexts. I have certainly got several - the advice is not to use the same one all the time. We also have PIN numbers, security questions etc. What are the passwords to church? Are they words like welcome, hospitality, celebration, joy, hope? Or are they words like boring, dull, declining? And what are the security questions? Are they designed to let people in - or keep them out? Another of the many such challenges these days is the demand to do Risk Assessments? However, as a colleague recently suggested to me, perhaps one of the church's greatest risks is not being willing to take enough risks! We are called to a Gospel of risk.