Suspicious Minds

"We can't go on together with suspicious minds." - Elvis

This happens to be thesis #29 in the Cluetrain Manifesto. Sadly, I think this is very true in church circles. It is sad that we tend to be suspicious and it is true that journeying together with suspicion isn't very productive. The thing that makes this so true is that it is possible to have an agenda without trying to be sinister and we are suspicious of people's agenda if we think it doesn't match our own.

The cure, I believe, is honest relationship. That is why it so important to spend time building relationships. In an honest relationship fewer things are unknown and therefore there is less to be suspicious about.