Should we office at home or church, and if we office at home can we home at home too, and what about where we church

http://churchplantingnovice.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/where-to-office-church-or-home/

I watched this video of an interview with a pastor in a small British town yesterday. He had this beautiful office with a huge desk and classy bookshelves - think of a cross between the British Library and Henry Ford's office in Detroit ¤ . And I SO wanted an office like that.

Yes, but what are we saying about our image of what a pastor is when we do that ? Where do we get our self-image from ? The Bible or from the offices of big bosses in films ? And what are we saying about the church ? Is it the new community of the redeemed or Praise-R-Us, branches in every town.

We want to be CEOs of big corporate bodies with the status and kudos. We want to be executives, not humble, despised workmen.

¤ I thought "Richard Branson, no he'd never have an office like that", then realised that in our image of what a CEO's office is like we are decades behind. Industry executives increasingly have simple workspaces or even share their workspaces with everyone else, à la Google. 

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