The long and winding road

It has been a long and winding road. It has been awhile since I have last thrown anything onto this electric screen to see what may stick.
Prison work has kept me busy, but to my great joy I have been working on outside prison teams along with my peeps all 35 plus of us leading the churched to salvation. How Holy Spirit uses us for God glory is nothing short than amazing.

I begin next week teaching a Lay school class, " The Holy Spirit and the Church in Mission". This is a joint Lutheran / Presbyterian class and I intend to shake things up because I do not see nether the Holy Spirit nor Mission work in Lutheran churches today, at least not here in the Hinterlands. I greatly Appreciate what the larger church has done in mission though. The ELCA does a fine job in reaching the least of these in the world. It is the dry bones of local churches though that is a real problem.
Im my case do I stay and divide a church to bring them into reconciliation with God? or do I leave? And If I leave how can I a Christian continue to be a Lutheran Christian and remain faithful to Abba?
As a Lutheran for 56 years and a member of the Zion Church council for 25 years to whom shall I go? Who has the words of eternal life?

To God be all Glory
Amen
Rick Weiss 2-14-09