tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608545590914583474.post4334921310527441875..comments2023-11-05T12:41:31.171+00:00Comments on The Kneeler: The 'nice' lie of ministry.Angela Shier-Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14293459698056190963noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608545590914583474.post-23219126263609251572010-05-03T19:04:52.051+01:002010-05-03T19:04:52.051+01:00'what do you do e.g. when a church has a well-...'what do you do e.g. when a church has a well-attended morning service every week and once a month an evening service which...' 'is held for one person!'<br />The answer: Stop wasting valuable time, effort and money on the evening service that no-one clearly wants and get out there and do something more productive and useful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608545590914583474.post-18286667153660553012010-04-28T14:55:39.717+01:002010-04-28T14:55:39.717+01:00This is a very powerful post.
I don't want to ...This is a very powerful post.<br />I don't want to trivialise it but what do you do e.g. when a church has a well-attended morning service every week and once a month an evening service which is attended by the leader of worship and his/her spouse, the organist and two people.....one of whom has already been to morning worship. In other words, this service is held for one person!<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608545590914583474.post-56935258265862505172010-04-22T13:28:44.025+01:002010-04-22T13:28:44.025+01:00This is truly scary "Worse, on a larger scale...This is truly scary "Worse, on a larger scale, the Church often ends up doing what it does for the sake of a few select individual's concerns rather than out of Gospel concerns."- and more scary because it is true. Thank you for your honesty, and the challenge it brings.Sallyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759963926280667938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608545590914583474.post-48173953663656073742010-04-22T12:04:01.652+01:002010-04-22T12:04:01.652+01:00Another searingly honest and powerful post Angie w...Another searingly honest and powerful post Angie which really nails a critical failing in the common life of the church. I agree wholeheartedly with what you say: because we have done 'nice' and stepped around problematic people we have so often lost sight of 'authentic' and denied the power of resurrection. Keep pointing us to the gospel Angie and the difficult but essential visual theologyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01184961109315471466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-608545590914583474.post-44001397562960473522010-04-22T11:32:03.553+01:002010-04-22T11:32:03.553+01:00Thanks for this, Angie. It's very relevant to ...Thanks for this, Angie. It's very relevant to a situation my family and some friends are going through at the moment.Terry Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01641805384260706563noreply@blogger.com