I spent several hours this afternoon over at a Presbyterian church repairing a porch railing at the back of their day care center. It required cutting out rusted sections and then cutting, fitting and welding in replacement sections. I discovered that I'm a bit more out of practice than I thought and way out of shape (I ache all over now).
I'm not Presbyterian and I'm not interested in attending their church, so why did I do all of this? Well, they run a food pantry, provide low cost child care to the local community, including the high school across the street from them, and generally do good things for the community. I'm happy to contribute to their efforts.
There are those who believe that preachers should just preach the word of God. Then there is me, I believe that a ministers duty is to minister to their congregaation and community. Preaching the word of God is only a small part of that. Additionally, I believe that actions speak louder than words and have already couselled a few young and enthusiastic Christians that leading by example is often far more effective than preaching.
People my disagree, but this is my blog talking about my journey and what kind of minister I intend to be.
