tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post2228673095822698929..comments2023-12-24T20:48:11.634+00:00Comments on Opinionated Vicar: Here I Am To Worship?David Keenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11872644403415655350noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post-17013038976201996752008-09-10T09:12:00.000+01:002008-09-10T09:12:00.000+01:00For the last few weeks, I've seen the Alpha course...For the last few weeks, I've seen the Alpha course advertised in church as 'Why am I here?'<BR/><BR/>Given the difficulties I have with being inside the church building, it seems very apposite. I hate church. Most of the time I feel like running away.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02102663397567562979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post-68482420273586688222008-09-09T19:49:00.000+01:002008-09-09T19:49:00.000+01:00DavidThere's something in what you say about wheth...David<BR/><BR/>There's something in what you say about whether we relate to church as an event or as a community. Maybe my experience says something about the way I view church, that's it's something we stage rather than something we belong to. And that's not what the church is. So now I'm even more disturbed!!!David Keenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11872644403415655350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post-10103008497633493532008-09-09T18:13:00.000+01:002008-09-09T18:13:00.000+01:00David, I'm there! ;-)I don't object to the "off-pu...David, I'm there! ;-)<BR/><BR/>I don't object to the "off-puttingness." Seekers or whatever aren't coming to church to find what they've already got. Plus, I think there is a funkiness to groups that have grown together over the years. Being able to enter into the quirkiness of a loving group of people who are trying to serve God is in my opinion really terrific.David Kerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13140007604009678479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post-18574727835573264482008-09-09T13:47:00.000+01:002008-09-09T13:47:00.000+01:00Yes particularly the bit about critique and theolo...Yes particularly the bit about critique and theological college -depsite the fact taht I was in a "leadership" contect of worhip for some 15 years before ordination! Thanks for sharing it...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com