[The Lemon]

Well...there is probably a little of both truth and opinion in this piece. The responsibility really rests on both the congregants and the pastore to be saved. It's ludacris to try and point fingers at one side or the other..to me that is not only immature, but ridiculous.

The pastor can't ultimately control all the actions or expectations of everyone who walks throuigh the door, and certainly, at some point in there christian walk, a person needs to grow some root and be able to withstand some storms with just them and Jesus in the ship.

Speaking about opinions, let me share mine. In my brief experience, alot of the church's I have known that have had burned out ministers had alot to do with the fact that the church was to program oriented. Everybody who was a part of the assembly was expected to live by the church calendar. There only seemed to be maybe two nights a week were something was not going on, the rest of the time was chick full of "stuff".

The end result was really all inreach, no outreach, and everything centered around the church, not Jesus, the community etc. While we would pass out little cards that claimed Hope for the Home, we had alot of leadership that had no homelife themselves!

One word that would solve all this....B A L A N C E