06.30.10
Dangerous Like Lyman... Today's Small Group Influencers... Not Dangerous Enough?
I just completed a phone call with a true pioneer, a legend, an adventurer, who changed the way we think about doing groups, Lyman Coleman. Lyman is now 76 years old and one of my heroes.
Lyman still dreams, still sees visions beyond the ordinary, still pushes many of us out of the box. He has never wavered in his commitment to seeing lives changed and he has never been willing to accept the status quo. And in so doing he has made small groups more transformational than informational, more community than meeting, more grace-oriented than legalistic, and more about people than programs. And he is still dangerous. That's right, he's dangerous.
This is the way he describes himself. He describes himself as dangerous. Maybe all of us should embrace this tag… dangerous.
Dangerous means we do what is right, not what is acceptable.
Dangerous means we sacrifice all for the sake of the right cause.
Dangerous means we will not be repressed by others if those organizations or persons keep us from accomplishing God-required Kingdom objectives.
Dangerous means we gather with other dangerous people so that the world might know Jesus and His healing power.
I'm asking myself this afternoon… Am I dangerous enough? The battle between comfortable and dangerous continues. The tension is heavy. Is it possible that God is looking for some of us to become dangerous like Lyman?
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