tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6608187683160255783.post9043716986529103555..comments2023-03-30T01:40:27.609-07:00Comments on thoughts and reflections -The church and change: Alpha week 1Charleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00968654263482623689noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6608187683160255783.post-60165338597295267172011-10-11T06:53:51.129-07:002011-10-11T06:53:51.129-07:00agreed radical believer
Charlesagreed radical believer <br /><br />CharlesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6608187683160255783.post-47281525896788064182011-10-11T00:35:01.633-07:002011-10-11T00:35:01.633-07:00"I believe the church should be a loving, car..."I believe the church should be a loving, caring community where it is safe to ask questions and to voice doubts and differences of opinion." - quoted from my yet-to-be-circulated ministry profile.Radical Believerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13300295316861209409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6608187683160255783.post-86143661351571416422011-10-10T03:59:40.028-07:002011-10-10T03:59:40.028-07:00Thanks for that.
I have heard those comments or s...Thanks for that.<br /> I have heard those comments or similar before.One person last night said the course would be better if it started with creation rather than Jesus and for some people that will be true.<br />I think the course is christological but it is also from a charismatic stable, so for some the pneumatological influence is too strong.<br />We do adapt the course though for our culture <br />I have used others of these courses in the past like Christianity explored, The Emmaus Rd, and we even wrote our own called Just Looking ,they all went well .What I took from that was that actually it is not so much the course material as the realtionships and the opportunity to be honest and open that is the key<br />Thanks and all the best!<br />CharlesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6608187683160255783.post-10990387566445596222011-10-10T03:20:58.820-07:002011-10-10T03:20:58.820-07:00I am trying to find a place in my heart for all th...I am trying to find a place in my heart for all things Alpha. I confess that at present it feels like the big Redwood under which no other plant may grow. Thanks for this post, however - I have a hunger for knowing more than do (and to be convinced that it isn't bordering on the exploitative and the mindgame [I am a priest with a very open mind, I am have never summonsed the Holy Spirit in the way that Fr Gumbel seems to manage]). <br /><br />I wonder at times if it isnt too pneumatoligical and not christological enough, but that might just be me.<br /><br />In any case, good luck - my God cause you to thrive in all your endeavours. <br /><br />(I am remaining anonymous for genuine fear of repercussion, as I live in the heartlands of the Mighty denomination that is HTB)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com