tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643715.post5133910812375683389..comments2023-06-09T12:46:12.932-04:00Comments on The Voice Of One Crying Out In Suburbia: The gathered church is the result of communityArthur Sidohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03848508095612688493noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643715.post-58094163784494127512012-02-05T12:57:57.170-05:002012-02-05T12:57:57.170-05:00Arthur, I don't think I'm going to blog ab...Arthur, I don't think I'm going to blog about my recent experience. Essentially what it was was my wife and I had taken a single mom under our wings when she had been treated badly by the group we were meeting with. Over the past year we have poured ourselves into her life, and had become a community together, outside of a church setting. In the fall, we began meeting with a group on Sunday mornings, and it seems that over the past few months our community with this person has suffered. Now she has walked away from us completely, with no explanation and no desire for reconciliation. We have been blindsided hard by this, and I don't know if the dynamics of a regular "church" gathering had anything to do with the destruction of our community and friendship or not.Fred Shopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05993039629949819266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643715.post-15091773226747347652012-01-29T07:35:34.795-05:002012-01-29T07:35:34.795-05:00co-heir, drop me a note when you do. I would be ve...co-heir, drop me a note when you do. I would be very interested in reading about your experience.Arthur Sidohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03848508095612688493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643715.post-53440581353332189742012-01-29T07:35:07.536-05:002012-01-29T07:35:07.536-05:00Marshall
Absolutely. We are bound together by our...Marshall<br /><br />Absolutely. We are bound together by our common redemption and subsequent growth in Christ, first and foremost. That is part of my concern with "inviting people to church" because it brings people into the community of the saints who are not bound by that common redemption and leads to a loyalty to the institution rather than the person.Arthur Sidohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03848508095612688493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643715.post-22049941117757814422012-01-28T17:45:49.792-05:002012-01-28T17:45:49.792-05:00I haven't yet, because there are still some th...I haven't yet, because there are still some things that are being worked out (hopefully) and it wouldn't be fair to write about them now. Maybe down the road.Fred Shopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05993039629949819266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643715.post-37332598459916810882012-01-28T12:05:00.066-05:002012-01-28T12:05:00.066-05:00Arthur, may we consider that both the gathering of...Arthur, may we consider that both the gathering of the church and community are an outgrowth (response) to our life in Christ?Marshallhttp://water2fire.worthyhouse.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643715.post-65370268481607525822012-01-28T07:33:29.385-05:002012-01-28T07:33:29.385-05:00Co-Heir, I would like to hear more about that. Did...Co-Heir, I would like to hear more about that. Did you blog about it?Arthur Sidohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03848508095612688493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643715.post-22013827640308001882012-01-27T21:43:00.536-05:002012-01-27T21:43:00.536-05:00I have recently found that gathering as a church c...I have recently found that gathering as a church can actually destroy a community.Fred Shopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05993039629949819266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643715.post-80462923198289375242012-01-27T16:06:46.083-05:002012-01-27T16:06:46.083-05:00Thanks Swanny, I though my post was horrible. Abso...Thanks Swanny, I though my post was horrible. Absolutely did not capture what I was trying to say.Arthur Sidohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03848508095612688493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6643715.post-85450479811259989012012-01-27T15:27:52.963-05:002012-01-27T15:27:52.963-05:00Right on!
Good post. Got my capillaries to think...Right on!<br /><br />Good post. Got my capillaries to think.<br /><br />SwannyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com