Overproduction and Poor Distribution

The story is told of a man who served in George Washington’s cabinet. He was totally bald. The top of his head would have been the envy of a shiny billiard ball. But in contrast to that barren scalp, he had a long, flowing bushy beard. Washington pointed to him, with a touch of humor, as someone particularly reflective of the problem of “overproduction and poor distribution.”

That may well be the problem that we, as Christians, have lived with in terms of evangelism for the past two generations. Even more do I notice this problem of “overproduction and poor distribution” as I meet and talk with the next generation.

We are not doing too well at being “out there” and sharing our lives and our message with the people God has placed in our neighborhoods, our workplaces, our friendship groups, and so on.