Think about the places you have felt the deepest belonging.
As an online pastor, I hear the statement: “You can’t build real community online” often. I understand. Online Community is not for everyone. But for millions, social networks are more than a place to post pictures and opinions.
By this picture, you may thing this blog is about a butterfly. I did too, until I saw an ant on the left side at the end of the butterflies body. What happened next was amazing. Over the next five hours, the ant moved the butterfly 4 feet across my back patio.
I have been a volunteer and I have been the leader of volunteers (sometimes as a success and sometimes as a complete flop). Here are the things I have learned working in churches and non-profit organizations.
1) Delete the word “volunteer” from your vocabulary.
I could tell when my son walked in the door from school, he was having a bad day. His eyes were downcast to the ground and he barely spoke…until I ask him to help me with a chore and he snapped at me.
I was waiting to get gas, watching a woman wash her windshield at the pump. She had extra supplies: Windex, a squeegee, and paper towels. She would squeegee the window, carefully wiping the any missed spots with a paper towel, stand back examining her work and then try again.
