Small is not the S-Word as we commonly think of it. Yet when it comes to starting a church, especially if you are still starting it six years into it, small is a dirty word.

The first night of our Art Camp, I used the that dirty little word in a sentence with the father of one of the children that does not go to our church, to describe our church. It was used without shame or excuse but as a matter of fact. Something like, "This is quite a lot of work for us to put on since we are a small congregation of people. " Just this morning I realized that God has placed us here. There is a coorporate shame involved with being in our small church. Sometimes it is discouraging that there are just as many frustrated evangelicals in our community that were once a part of our church as there are in our church...actually there are more that out there that were once a part of our church than are in our church.

You know what is amazing though? That when I say small to evangelicals, they look away, in their heart they ask "Well, what's wrong with them?" When I say it to people who are not in the church, they don't blink. Perhaps that is because it means that God has a place for them in our church, and the work of the Holy Ghost does not lead them down a negative path? This morning I am encouraged with the 'faith of a mustard seed' picture.