Month: November 2010
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Expectant Discovery (Advent 1)
What if it is true that God is on the loose working to bring about possibilities in our life, the life of the church and of the world so that all may have abundant life? Those times that we say “Yes, I’m willing to risk trusting that” we move to the front of the seat.…
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The Call to a New Story
Bold and strong stories are the heritage of our people, our gift and our obligation to claim, even in uncertain, changing times. Sermon Nov 21.2010
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Church People are the Reason People stay with the church
So I asked myself, “If it is true that the church can be arrogant, judgemental, boring and all the rest why would anyone want to be connected? Why would I?” From a lifetime in the church, I cannot argue with Adam Hamilton‘s assessment, “Some of the most insensitive, critical, judgmental and mean-spirited people I’ve known…
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Church People are the Reason People Do Not Come to Church
As the Emerging Spirit project winds down I have been re-visiting some of the early research findings that we probably did not mine extensively enough. We abbreviated them to the sentence “People outside the church find religious people to be judgemental, arrogant and unwilling to listen.” We later tacked on that they also find much…
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