Northwestern is doing work nearby and I don’t know how long it will go on.  I don’t know what they are building or fixing, but it involves cranes, trucks, concrete, jackhammers…   I am so sick of construction.  I hate the noise of jackhammers wake me up in the morning and the dust that is everywhere!  Construction can be a real pain in my backside.

The University seems to have a problem. Apparently Evanston won’t allow them to buy more property than they already have or something (the city and the University don’t really get along).  I think our faith works like that sometimes.  The people of God are constantly under construction.  New people come into the faith, new churches spring up and, at times we must tear down in order to build anew.

Sometimes as evangelists (yes, even a liberal gets to use that word) we must make some noise (and DUST) if we are to truly grow the faith.  I’m tired of sitting patiently in a pew waiting for our church to start construction.  I’m tired of ‘waiting’ until it is my turn to make a difference.  We must connect the social gospels with the holy spirit.  We must become a church of deep commitment both to God and also to all people around us.