I see the calling as having more immediacy. When Jesus called his new followers, they didn't respond with a "Cool, I'll just check my iPAQ and see when I can fit it in".
I see it being more like:
Jesus, pointing his finger: "You, you and you - follow me!" And they did. So they risked everything - and they went on to learn.
Thankyou Trevor, you're right of course, the act was very much more urgent than what i painted.
Which really pushes the urgency of this membership discussion. We need to be more urgent in the way we say "you belong to us, lets start a walking together."
The process Jesus followed was, come and follow me now... then we'll learn on the journey.
Shalom
-- Darren Wright Sinner Youth and Family Worker Canberra Region Presbytery (ps, i enjoyed the addidion of the iPAQ)
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