Can I be honest? Lately, I’ve felt out of place, not the same as everyone else. I’m not saying I feel superior, actually less than, just not fitting the mold. It’s more of my issue than theirs, but I let myself feel like a outsider. Maybe I enjoy the idea more than the practice.

I assume God has something to do with my exclusion. Allow me to explain. At work everyone works five days a week, I work three with a regular Saturday appearance. When I take my daughter to toddler gym, I’m the only daddy. I’m the stay-at-home dad at the playground. Mom’s stir in wonder if I’m “safe” to be there. I’m planting a church with new believers instead of recruiting mature believers. I conduct services in my living room instead of launching in a rented facility. I believe 80% of a churches income toward a Sunday morning worship experience is too much.

Somehow these all make me feel like a “Maverick” (oh no, I’m John McCain and I don’t want to loose). But I wonder if being the square in a world of circles is what God is teaching me right now. I remember a song from the 80’s (Summer what was the song?) that said “it’s hip to be square.” If I can only teach my heart and ego to believe that.