louie's take on passion

Passion - going with the wind (setting up their sail) - trying not to row on their own...
This is a Louie Giglio quote from Episode 9 of the Catalyst podcast - August 10, 2006

life springs from the heart and if you don't have life you're not going to lead too many people too far

(college kids) they don't really gravitate towards enterprise in this moment - in fact they hate it...that's a lot of the whole emergent conversation is ya know people are anit-industry and they are for grass rootsy authentic what's real what's true community what's true motive - the don't have a lot of time for - "that looks like an enterprise - a man made concocted thing"

so for us we don't want to row - we want to keep the sail up
and we want to say to God - "Please Blow"
and if the wind goes another way - then our boat'l go a different way
if the wind doesn't blow - then our boat won't go
if the wind blows a 100 mph - we'll hold on for dear life - and just trust me survive this movement of God...
but we don't want to row...and we don't want to get locked into "oh this is what Passion is"
and so we're gonna keep doing this every day till Jesus comes...
the only promise I think Jesus made for me is that he's going to build is church - and Hell's not gonna to stop him...
He didn't say that every local church had to exist until he comes back...
He didn't say every organization has to exist until he comes back...
The church is going to exist until he comes back...but...you know....you've got people in "shady grove baptist church" and they've been going 33^ north for 79 years...but the wind hasn't blown in forever, and so you have to ask the question "Is it time for Shady grove to not be?" or "Can they turn around and catch the wind going different direction?"
...and I just don't want Passion ever to fall into that place and so for us it's always a question - and that's the simplest part of it....Lord, what do you want to do?