When I think of a local functioning church, I imagine an old-fashioned branding. At a branding, everyone has a job to do. There are no by-standers; no observers–everyone has an assigned task to do:
- Someone tends the gate
- Another rounds-up the calves
- One does the roping
- A person attends the fire
- There is one who heats the irons
- Someone holds the calf (That was usually my job)
- While another does the branding
And if some folks remined after jobs were assigned, well they didn’t just stand around. They got involved too, doing everything they could to assist, Continue reading “Comparing the Church to an Old-Fashioned Branding”