Speaking of Simple

I just stumbled across this note I had copied from MegaShift - on simple.

The Catholic, Orthodox, and old-line Protestant churches tend to parcel out empowerment rather sparingly. They are all run from the top down, with leadership mainly by position rather than by example or gifting. Typically, to even get started as a pastor or priest, you have to earn a three-year seminary degree. Authority and power don't just flow from God's thrown straight to you. This limitation puts members of the more traditional churches at a great disadvantage in adjusting to the string of a million and one emergencies we call life.

In the new, more open churches, you don't have to wait for someone to give you permission for every little thing. You just do it

MEGASHIFT by Steve Rutz pg. 89