Whatnot

Just thinking about the impact history has on us. I think 'recent' history often gets a bad rap. Like with all the re-imagining church stuff...I KNOW - let's compare ourselves to Martin Luther (the new reformation - thankyou wolfgang) or other historical reformers, courageously righting wrongs. But what the heck about your grampa, or your grandpa's neighbor who gave his all to the little church on the hill out of his great love for Jesus. What about serving with his heart? or even serving in the little church on the hill? Not saying I don't see the problems, but come on?!?! We leave out that Luther was hostile to Jewish people. That's not very palpable. WE're all a bunch of screw-ups. Let's give recent history a break.

Elsewhere as well though - a building I work in was an alcohol crisis center for years. It's been gutted, redone as an emergency shelter for the homeless. Some people work there that worked in the old space. and some of the clients served were served in the old place. THe place has history. And that has caused issues (not necessarily horrible issues) but just stuff that comes up .... because it wasn't a clean slate even though it's an entirely different facility inside, with a different staff infrastructure and a different purpose. BUT it has history.

So there.