Comments on: what i’ve learned about [church]: part vi http://www.day12church.com/2009/12/what-ive-learned-about-church-part-vi/ don't wander. enter in. Thu, 10 Feb 2011 03:21:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Kate http://www.day12church.com/2009/12/what-ive-learned-about-church-part-vi/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Kate Thu, 31 Dec 2009 04:58:30 +0000 http://www.day12church.com/?p=295#comment-28 My father tried to teach me at a young age that the best way to learn was to not pretend that I already knew it all... It took way too long for the Wisdom of his words to sink in. God gave us two ears, two eyes and one mouth for a reason. Unfortunately, we don't always learn why until the bile backs up to our tonsils, but sometimes we get an early reprieve from our own foolishness, or misdirection. Pastors live in the same world, they have just made the choice to 'lead', hoping some will follow. My father tried to teach me at a young age that the best way to learn was to not pretend that I already knew it all… It took way too long for the Wisdom of his words to sink in. God gave us two ears, two eyes and one mouth for a reason. Unfortunately, we don’t always learn why until the bile backs up to our tonsils, but sometimes we get an early reprieve from our own foolishness, or misdirection. Pastors live in the same world, they have just made the choice to ‘lead’, hoping some will follow.

]]> By: Brian http://www.day12church.com/2009/12/what-ive-learned-about-church-part-vi/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Brian Thu, 31 Dec 2009 03:39:39 +0000 http://www.day12church.com/?p=295#comment-26 Well...thanks for stopping by and for pointing out something critical for pastors to do...stay in touch with what the world is doing/saying/thinking/learning...etc. while i can certainly grow in this area, one thing i love to do and will continue to do is to teach at a local university. i get to have meaningful conversations and discussions with people every week who don't share my world view. It is very very good for my spiritual development and growth. I've often said that if we as followers of Christ are not having conversations with non-Christians often then we are NOT experiencing the life Christ has for us...it just isn't possible to life a full life if we aren't engaging the world. thanks again for the comment and the insight! Well…thanks for stopping by and for pointing out something critical for pastors to do…stay in touch with what the world is doing/saying/thinking/learning…etc.

while i can certainly grow in this area, one thing i love to do and will continue to do is to teach at a local university. i get to have meaningful conversations and discussions with people every week who don’t share my world view. It is very very good for my spiritual development and growth. I’ve often said that if we as followers of Christ are not having conversations with non-Christians often then we are NOT experiencing the life Christ has for us…it just isn’t possible to life a full life if we aren’t engaging the world.

thanks again for the comment and the insight!

]]> By: Well http://www.day12church.com/2009/12/what-ive-learned-about-church-part-vi/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Well Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:48:51 +0000 http://www.day12church.com/?p=295#comment-25 Well one of the things that I've seen most often that show pastors aren't that smart (your phrase, not mine) is that they try to talk to people about getting along in worlds that the pastors themselves rarely operate in. Like how many pastors come in contact with non-Christians on a regular basis for significant amounts of time? How many of them know about life outside of "church world"? Well one of the things that I’ve seen most often that show pastors aren’t that smart (your phrase, not mine) is that they try to talk to people about getting along in worlds that the pastors themselves rarely operate in. Like how many pastors come in contact with non-Christians on a regular basis for significant amounts of time? How many of them know about life outside of “church world”?

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