tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167250939484647451.post4580097519957553147..comments2024-03-18T00:15:32.042-07:00Comments on Cole-Slaw: Just how sick we really areNeil Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289317696474966831noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167250939484647451.post-88852514352376529162011-05-02T13:00:18.337-07:002011-05-02T13:00:18.337-07:00Jennifer, feel free to repost.
NeilJennifer, feel free to repost.<br /><br />NeilNeil Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08289317696474966831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167250939484647451.post-81384787452962140622011-05-02T12:57:43.837-07:002011-05-02T12:57:43.837-07:00Neil, I would love to repost this (with links and ...Neil, I would love to repost this (with links and credit, of course) on www.moreatstake.com. Please check out the site and let me know if we have permission to repost.Jennifer Taylorhttp://www.moreatstake.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167250939484647451.post-57453386865884208682011-03-11T13:44:18.966-08:002011-03-11T13:44:18.966-08:00I've begun to realize this too. Attendance at ...I've begun to realize this too. Attendance at meetings is equated with being spiritual. I'm in a traditional church and my wife and I have had to cut back on meetings because of work and a couple other issues, which doesn't bother me much because the meetings are usually dominated by a couple people. And it's made me realize that I really don't have much of a relationship with these people outside of those meetings. So it says something about me, those others and church in general.Dan Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14687464967788834090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167250939484647451.post-80574794429885203162011-01-19T14:40:14.476-08:002011-01-19T14:40:14.476-08:00This i great! Thanks! Jesus says that the one who ...This i great! Thanks! Jesus says that the one who loves his parents or children more than he loves Jesus is not worthy, and then Jesus says that the one who loves children of God loves Him. Do you love a child of God as a child of your wife? Is someone that you present as your close child not an offspring of your flesh? Grace and peace!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167250939484647451.post-32039142113942651012010-12-08T16:55:34.052-08:002010-12-08T16:55:34.052-08:00I posted this to my FB wall & my blog. I found...I posted this to my FB wall & my blog. I found it to be very insightful and so true! Thank you for sharing your perspective. :)Julie Wenzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17063941597971325692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167250939484647451.post-62490308759208218082010-12-05T21:44:19.362-08:002010-12-05T21:44:19.362-08:00Neil
Well said. Many years ago when I left my ins...Neil<br /><br />Well said. Many years ago when I left my institutional church, people there didn't bother to reach out to me at all. It was as if our relationship was based on the church structure. That's really sad if you think about it.<br /><br />That just goes to say that I didn't really have any real relationships at all. How sad. It also tells me that most church people don't really have real relationships either. Their relationships in church wouldn't be there without the structure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167250939484647451.post-38092970293535899212010-11-28T14:28:46.818-08:002010-11-28T14:28:46.818-08:00I like Miguel's point that too many of us do n...I like Miguel's point that too many of us do not know how to live as a family so how can the body of Christ live like a family? We do what we know. The foundation of Christ, living by His life together as the family of God is key. Perhaps on day one, the body of Christ should learn to get to know each other first in day-to-day life, sharing Christ with each other along the way, before they even have a "gathering" so that the gathering naturally flows from their daily life. We too often put the cart before the horse.John S Wilson IIIhttp://johnswilson3.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167250939484647451.post-41918442703280140822010-11-28T10:03:02.088-08:002010-11-28T10:03:02.088-08:00Perhaps the diagnosis is even worse than we can im...Perhaps the diagnosis is even worse than we can imagine. Perhaps it is not that we don't know how to act in community, but we no longer know how to act in family. In many cases, I would suspect that communal relationships are stronger outside of the house than inside. Perhaps...<br /><br />I have often wondered if the kind of community that seemed to be biblically prevalent in that context, culture, and time is even possible today. If it is, then it seems it is indeed something we need to get back to. If it is not, then we had better figure out what kind of community is possible and biblical and work towards that.<br /><br />Regardless, great post Neil and from personal experience, I can say that Life Transformation Groups, at least in our neck of the woods, has increased both aspects of community and family.<br /><br />MiguelMissiorganichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15207580042116894083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167250939484647451.post-2776305326810079692010-11-28T09:33:04.163-08:002010-11-28T09:33:04.163-08:00Thanks Hammo!Thanks Hammo!Neil Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08289317696474966831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167250939484647451.post-77528221659237346492010-11-28T08:49:59.332-08:002010-11-28T08:49:59.332-08:00Great Article. Until we stop meeting we cannot be ...Great Article. Until we stop meeting we cannot be family. We don't do meetings but we met a lot!" <br /><br />The saints here are doing-life-together as family for over 23 years!<br /><br />www.organichurchlife.commolong nacuahttp://www.molongnacua.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167250939484647451.post-32418209365564957092010-11-28T07:08:31.605-08:002010-11-28T07:08:31.605-08:00Thanks Neil. We have been hurt by church often whe...Thanks Neil. We have been hurt by church often where we have thought we had friends but in reality they have been what my husband calls "working church relationship". That once we are no longer at the same meeting, working in the same congregation then the relationship was the same as someone you work in an office with, once you change jobs the relationship is over. <br />I have friends, both Christian and not, who I have known over time and experience and who know me and love me, and visa versa, and I'm not sure if we've ever had a "meeting" together.<br />Thanks againDianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04760553781946421339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167250939484647451.post-64725300006478395842010-11-27T20:37:50.177-08:002010-11-27T20:37:50.177-08:00mate this is gold!mate this is gold!backyardmissionaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04293586804277047499noreply@blogger.com