Driving with Purpose Blog Takes Time
On Wednesday June 2, 2004, I started the Driving With Purpose blog, dedicated to responding to reading of Rick Warren’s book, Purpose Driven Life. Pacific Parks Uniting was going through the book in five weeks in small groups. A few of us found ourselves asking questions and challenging assumptions, especially around Day 2. So we joined up to start expressing our thoughts. Over time I’m the one who’s kept it up. But I’m only up to Day 28! I’m happy to post something every week or so.
Appropriately Day 28 is entitled, “It takes time”. Rick talks about the reality of slow growth toward maturity - a journey with more authenticity than the sprint towards instant holiness.
Occasionally Rick says something that’s obviously coming from a different place to where I’m at. Sometimes I’m irked by the drivenness of the material, and the ‘five easy-to-remember-and-apply’ steps, and the assertion that Rick’s point of view summarises the Biblical way. Despite those misgivings, I’m grateful for the regular back-to-basics reality checks Rick provides me with. And I’m grateful for the opportunity to interweave my own stories and experiences with the inisights of others.
One Response to “Driving with Purpose Blog Takes Time”
By fernando on Jun 3, 2005 | Reply
you gave it more time than me. i got into the high teens (day 18 or 19) before putting the book away.
it’s not that the material was “wrong,” or that I couldn’t conjure up some application “for me,” but the the ethos and feel of the book just left me cold.
in hindsight it would have been good to read the book communally (maybe that is where it works best?). but as a personal study it was counterproductive.