tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870890776473598263.post7895172141063203892..comments2024-03-27T08:06:20.417-07:00Comments on Urbanphile: Preaching: Lost in TranslationM Cranehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11350529441985859753noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870890776473598263.post-90595524983084562922008-05-25T08:22:00.000-07:002008-05-25T08:22:00.000-07:00Diddo and bull's eye. We met in houses for 10 mont...Diddo and bull's eye. We met in houses for 10 months and then gathered publicly, which was okay. Except that we pushed the default of preaching, which led to a passive stance of the group. We are already having to push back on the notion on what "preaching" really is and that Sunday is not the main mode of discipleship. What to do with the other 164 hours of the week? Eye brows went up when I said, "It is not my job as a pastor to give to you what you can give to yourself." Always exciting. Always a mystery, this thing we give our life to.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01698672859878164900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870890776473598263.post-4430375767929731532008-05-20T08:15:00.000-07:002008-05-20T08:15:00.000-07:00Thank you for the comment. I sense that there are...Thank you for the comment. I sense that there are many that have had the same "feeling", but have not felt valid in voicing it. The English language translations are confusing on this. <BR/><BR/>And, your comment was as articulate as it needed to be. Ultimately, we want to foster spiritual growth.M Cranehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11350529441985859753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5870890776473598263.post-4585438088496646862008-05-20T07:05:00.000-07:002008-05-20T07:05:00.000-07:00Very good. I have had this "feeling" about preach...Very good. I have had this "feeling" about preaching for a long time, without the ability to express what it was that seemed odd. It is this quote "..the laity gradually got into and, generally speaking, accepted the position of the ‘ignorant’, the spiritually non-adult." that tied much of my dissenting ideas about general church-ness together. The passive congregation, the professional speaker, and the slow spiritual growth.<BR/><BR/>Not a very articulate comment, I know, but thank you for the post.Daniel Shackelfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13018585056007700351noreply@blogger.com