Once more…with feeling
“Paralysis is the complete loss of muscle function for one or more muscle groups. Paralysis can cause loss of feeling and/or loss of mobility in the affected area.
Paralysis is most often caused by damage to the nervous system.
The nervous system is a network of specialized cells that communicate information about an animal’s surroundings and itself. It processes this information and causes reactions in other parts of the body.”
- Wikipedia
“12For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. 13For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body— Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.
14For the body does not consist of one member but of many.
20As it is, there are many parts, yet one body.
26If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.”
- 1 Corinthians 12 (English Standard Version)
“Plasticity is the ability of the nervous system to rewire its connections.
Increased plasticity could be useful in many conditions affecting the nervous system, including spinal cord injury, stroke, head injury and multiple sclerosis.”
- Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair
Damaged/absent connections within a body results in paralysis and an inability to act. Conversely, restored/strong connections engenders mobility and effectiveness. If a church is to advance forward, it must make every effort to guard its relationships, to wire and rewire its connections. Also, the most important parts of the nervous system are the brain and the backbone of the body, and incidentally aren’t those the roles played by leaders within the church?
Funny that.
To be a church on the move, prioritizing intimate relationships especially within the leadership is a necessity, and not merely a nice optional extra.
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