Meeting report: Decision making

Thursday night we met in East Victoria Park at Tim's house. We were treated to a banquet prepared by Tim with five main dishes. His excellent hospitality made the night feel very special.

(Paradoxically, there's a risk of too much good food in a house church. It does make a house church meeting very special. But you don't want it to become pressure to produce a feast every week. That's when people can feel burnt out by house church. The Christian Centre for Social Action has a weekly meeting - also in East Victoria Park! - which ends in a simple meal of bread, cheese, jam and apples. There's something to be said for this, too.)

Dave then led an excellent discussion on decision making. The group consensus seemed to be a middle ground between the Sydney Anglican line that God speaks only through the Bible, and feelings etc have nothing to do with it, and the Pentecostal search for visions and signs. We all held open the possibility and hope of God speaking directly into our lives, while also affirming that he speaks through others in our Christian community, and indeed through the Scriptures.