In today’s blog post, “On creating a hassle,” Seth Godin writes:

To quote Merlin Mann, “You don’t let the guy with the broom control how many elephants are in the parade.”

Harsh to say, but the fact is that great storytellers and artists and ruckus makers manage to insulate themselves from the people they’re going to hassle. And the job of those that are being hassled by the commotion is to be hassled by the commotion. No commotion, no job.

Perfect words for the church to hear.  Particularly its leadership.  I’ll add to it only this.

We are far too eager to be the one with the broom and far too eager to complain about the numbers of elephants.  If more of us put our efforts into making a better parade, the voice of the pooper scooper wouldn’t seem so loud.  Besides, how many people complaining about the number of elephants do we really need?