Let's Dance

We have a youth minister candidate coming to Eastside this weekend, so lots of time and energy is going into planning and organizing various events and meetings. It's really sort of odd... you know... how we want him to get a feel for who we are as a church family, but we dress ourselves up enough to make it tough to see any of our rough spots. I'm sure he'll be preparing as well, so we see him at his best. Sounds sort of like dating doesn't it? Seems a bit weird... because what we (and he) see this weekend may be all of us at our best... the ideal that never actually happens again... it may be all down hill from here. Now that's a real glass-half-empty statement. Sooo, how could we do it differently? How could a process like this be more "real" to all involved? In a weekend? Ideas?

Of course, God has a way of working through even our flawed processes to accomplish his will. Maybe that's how I should be looking at this weekend's "dance."