tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28390776.post114834028672094605..comments2008-07-01T23:35:47.071+01:00Comments on Looking for my fig tree: An Introverted Welcome?Johnnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12469172677728244145noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28390776.post-1151943825554285452006-07-03T17:23:00.000+01:002006-07-03T17:23:00.000+01:00On the question of introversion, I can offer no be...On the question of introversion, I can offer no better analysis than this:<BR/>http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200303/rauchRichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13841874129833492199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28390776.post-1148606326972123082006-05-26T02:18:00.000+01:002006-05-26T02:18:00.000+01:00I wondered whether you'd take the bait there Johnn...I wondered whether you'd take the bait there Johnny!<BR/><BR/>Agreed. The fundamental difference is, of course, that we "introduce" people to these things as a <I>fuller</I> expression of the community they have already entered (through sharing a coffee) rather than a "now that we've welcomed you over coffee, let's get you over the threshold and into the <B>real</B> church".Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02754606611528108485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28390776.post-1148585225127833382006-05-25T20:27:00.000+01:002006-05-25T20:27:00.000+01:00I believe you may have said something like that be...I believe you may have said something like that before now ... but none-the less valid for repitition, especially if I didn't get the point the first time. <BR/><BR/>"we can say "You just had it"". <BR/><BR/>...yes, followed by, "but there are other services with some weird practices we call sacraments that need some explaining, but I'd like to introduce you to them, because without doing them too as at least an aspect of an ongoing habit of church, this coffee might just be coffee."Johnnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12469172677728244145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28390776.post-1148582083136277402006-05-25T19:34:00.000+01:002006-05-25T19:34:00.000+01:00"Perhaps the best way for a visitor to experience ..."Perhaps the best way for a visitor to experience our community is through relationships built outside the church so if they do come in, they come already in relationship with someone from the church, hence the importance of being incarnationally missional."<BR/><BR/>Or, is it for the church to break down dichotomies like "inside/outside"... (do I sound like a broken record?) <BR/><BR/>So that, like a comment I <A HREF="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0281057915/qid=1148581820/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl/026-4577525-9090826" REL="nofollow">read</A> recently, when our friends ask us (after a long chat over coffee) when our church service is we can say "You just had it".Jamiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02754606611528108485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28390776.post-1148509049445420652006-05-24T23:17:00.000+01:002006-05-24T23:17:00.000+01:00I'm off to join the tea rota. If you come to my c...I'm off to join the tea rota. If you come to my church, I'm the one too busy making sure no kids are taking two biscuits to realise I've asked you if you want sugar three times, without actually giving you any sugar.Johnnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12469172677728244145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28390776.post-1148501603702809812006-05-24T21:13:00.000+01:002006-05-24T21:13:00.000+01:00Tea. The answer is tea. If I get greeted without b...Tea. The answer is tea. If I get greeted without being offered a cup of tea it's obviously a hollow welcome.boxthejackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433708237098653640noreply@blogger.com