Root Beer

It's not often you find a delight such as pure, unbottled A&W Root-Beer.  As nicole and i were sipping on the tasty delight yesterday we were wondering...how could we create such an extravagant experience in our own home.  For the next couple of hours we spent trying to make this happen.  I guess tapping root-beer in the home is not a common experience, who would have thought?  So after taking lots of time to even find something educational we have given up for the time being.  How many people are seeking to get involved with your ministry have given up?  How many people have seen something they connected with, but had no way of connecting?  I think its not often as Christ followers, or even potential Christ followers we find that group or ministry we really resonate with.  So the question...have we designed ministries that are open to those experiences; experiences when that certain person that fits walks in the door, can they plug in easily?  Comfortably?  I was heavily contemplating the ins and outs of church on my drive in this morning.  You see i have a brother that has a growing, vibrant ministry in a large city that is heavily conservative.  I happen to be a part of a growing, vibrant ministry (totally not in part to me) in a large city that is heavily...innovative (thats a good word for balls out right?).  The key factor is not who we are, but what we do, and i think what we do is create opportunities for people that walk in to get connected.  You see, not everyone who walks in the door needs to be there.  They won't fit, they wont align with vision, its just not the way they relate.  But the ones that do...how many have you missed lately by having things in place that were less than excellent, something "you'll get to" or just non-existant?  Realizing priority, for once lets drop some of our fluff and make the more important happen, connecting people to what they really want.  I'm fairly certain if there was a way to get root-beer on tap in my house yesterday i would have jumped in, i was passionate for the cause.  Today i have logic and reason fighting my way, its Sunday lets not get to Monday and have people that passionately wanted to get involved sitting on the sidelines.