Cul-da-sacs
I grew up in a cul-da-sac in Keller Texas. It was great.
My friends and I could play street hockey without fear of cars driving through the game.
We had parties for the neighborhood and had tables of food right in the middle of the cul-da-sac.
We could have tons of basketball games at a full court with fathers and sons.
I learned to back up a vehicle in the broad space of the cul-da-sac without fear of hitting another vehicle.
Cul-da-sacs are amazing.
Sort of.
You can have an amazing lemonade stand, but there are only 3 people who are going to drive by it.
When you enter a cul-da-sac the only place you can go is home.
Cul-da-sacs can only sustain themselves for a short period of time before you have to leave it in order to go to the store.
Cul-da-sacs are insular and not open to new creations.
Is your life a cul-da-sac? Is your job a cul-da-sac? Is your church a cul-da-sac?
I am concerned that the UMC is fantastic at building cul-da-sacs and not avenues. I find we in the church love to build cul-da-sacs because of the safety and security they provide. But cul-da-sacs never go anywhere.
Cul-da-sac is really just a fancy name for a dead end.
My friends and I could play street hockey without fear of cars driving through the game.
We had parties for the neighborhood and had tables of food right in the middle of the cul-da-sac.
We could have tons of basketball games at a full court with fathers and sons.
I learned to back up a vehicle in the broad space of the cul-da-sac without fear of hitting another vehicle.
Cul-da-sacs are amazing.
Sort of.
You can have an amazing lemonade stand, but there are only 3 people who are going to drive by it.
When you enter a cul-da-sac the only place you can go is home.
Cul-da-sacs can only sustain themselves for a short period of time before you have to leave it in order to go to the store.
Cul-da-sacs are "finished" in that what is built is all that there will ever be.
Cul-da-sacs are insular and not open to new creations.
Is your life a cul-da-sac? Is your job a cul-da-sac? Is your church a cul-da-sac?
I am concerned that the UMC is fantastic at building cul-da-sacs and not avenues. I find we in the church love to build cul-da-sacs because of the safety and security they provide. But cul-da-sacs never go anywhere.
Cul-da-sac is really just a fancy name for a dead end.
