Earlier today we ended another fascinating CLD Tier II here at Westbrook.  These two day sessions are basically continuing education workshops for our growing Christ – followers who have completed the initial CLD process.  Over the years we have brought in some phenomenal speakers and this recent offering was no exception.  Our topic was Kingdom Work and Social Justice and our speaker last night and this AM was Arloa Sutter.  Arloa is the Executive Director of Breakthrough Urban Ministries.  She is an amazingly sharp, articulate and brilliant woman.  Her heart for Justice Ministries and for Community outreach is contagious.  The people who were at this session were all inspired to think deeply of our place in this ministry.  Her words were simple… If you love Jesus you will love the poor and the down and out.  PERIOD!

How much deeper do you need to go than that?   Periodically we encounter people who have been at our place and they get all hyper spiritual and think they need more and deeper~  and we are not providing that for them. How sad for them!   They are the very people who don’t even come to these sessions.  This woman was a deep thinker, a deep teacher and a deep theologian.  Even more, she challenged everyone of us to the very core of our Christian walk to re-think these issues.  Thanks Arloa for taking us all to a closer seat with Christ!