Mulling over bits from BUGB-BMS Assembly and recalling talking to someone who asked how things were going at my new church.

I commented that it was fun - a response deemed 'strange' by the questioner's spouse.

Strange that church would be fun?

Strange that a minister might find church fun?

I asked what would be a better answer - good, maybe, or going well.  They weren't sure, just thought 'fun' was odd.

Ah well, if a church that is fun is strange then I'm happy to be part of something strange.

One of the things that we were invited to do at the Assembly was fill in our church name on a card and swap it with someone we didn't know, committing to pray for one another's churches.  Our swap is to here a church that sounds very different from us.  It is good to pray for them, and know they are praying for us.  Meanwhile God is chortling so much as almost fall from the comfy cloud that forms a seat, being so amused by the Spirit's working and teasing of the church.