tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167250939484647451.post4791213189501261526..comments2024-03-18T00:15:32.042-07:00Comments on Cole-Slaw: The Most Important Thing?Neil Colehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08289317696474966831noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167250939484647451.post-80337806093257436302008-12-18T17:36:00.000-08:002008-12-18T17:36:00.000-08:00Wierd, I posted a comment on facebook, an have bee...Wierd, I posted a comment on facebook, an have been asking many pastor this question for a while now: if you "hypothetically" : ) took away your weekly service would there be much left of your "church"? The answers I received were a harsh reality...some have seen and made changes...others cling tightly to that beloved gathering, allowing it to define their church. Look forward to the future posts on this topic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167250939484647451.post-40714757537595866012008-12-17T04:52:00.000-08:002008-12-17T04:52:00.000-08:00This past Sunday evening (our “service” is at nigh...This past Sunday evening (our “service” is at night) we had a little gathering of homeless friend, mentally ill friends, and the struggling assembled for the third Sunday of Advent. There are profound similarities with the early Church as I look across the room, with the 3rd Sunday’s theme, which was JOY. This Joy was present, and there is always something—an atmosphere, available in holding this worship gathering at night—a reverence and holy threshold, but we are carful not to call it church.<BR/><BR/>Later that evening, I was awake until 1:30 in the morning, discussing the difficulties of a dear woman’s struggle with God. She was preparing to bed down in our shelter around 11:00 pm, and we began discussing casually, as a group, the idea of joy in the shelter with a few folks, and as one after another faded, Donna and I were left. We had Church.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for discussing this Neil.<BR/><BR/>His Joy to you, and Christmas,<BR/>KorkKorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14518724889964249856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6167250939484647451.post-42588718323246937482008-12-16T12:58:00.000-08:002008-12-16T12:58:00.000-08:00i love that you are forcing us to wrestle with the...i love that you are forcing us to wrestle with these issues. look forward to coming back for more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com