Comments on: Three Churches, One Choice http://www.whatnextgod.com/2007/06/15/three-churches-one-choice/ Can a liberal be a Christian? Well, I'm sure gonna try! Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:36:59 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Mom-Blog » Blog Archive » Home and School http://www.whatnextgod.com/2007/06/15/three-churches-one-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-543 Mom-Blog » Blog Archive » Home and School Mon, 02 Jul 2007 03:50:46 +0000 http://www.whatnextgod.com/2007/06/15/three-churches-one-choice/#comment-543 [...] feel the need to tread lightly.  Kids had a great time, and spent ALL of today in bed.  In fact, our church dilemma is delayed another week as we didn’t make it to church [...] [...] feel the need to tread lightly.  Kids had a great time, and spent ALL of today in bed.  In fact, our church dilemma is delayed another week as we didn’t make it to church [...]

]]> By: gb http://www.whatnextgod.com/2007/06/15/three-churches-one-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-507 gb Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:42:44 +0000 http://www.whatnextgod.com/2007/06/15/three-churches-one-choice/#comment-507 Thanks, Addofio; actually your post is helpful. I hadn't really thought along the lines of expressing my own politics - it's something that ranges from "MUST share this" to "I'm uncomfortable", depening on how informed I am about something. (Which amy sound silly, I'm always shocked and appalled by the amount of political decisions my fellow Americans make with little or no knowledge of a topic.) I am ME and that's all I can be. Leavening? Well, I must admit I like that term much better than "subverting", lol... I know I will learn to drive highway in the next year or so, but at 41 I am still a nervous driver so I need to do it in my pace at my time. I'm no longer the "jump right in" person I used to be . Thanks, Addofio; actually your post is helpful. I hadn’t really thought along the lines of expressing my own politics – it’s something that ranges from “MUST share this” to “I’m uncomfortable”, depening on how informed I am about something. (Which amy sound silly, I’m always shocked and appalled by the amount of political decisions my fellow Americans make with little or no knowledge of a topic.) I am ME and that’s all I can be.

Leavening? Well, I must admit I like that term much better than “subverting”, lol…

I know I will learn to drive highway in the next year or so, but at 41 I am still a nervous driver so I need to do it in my pace at my time. I’m no longer the “jump right in” person I used to be .

]]> By: Addofio http://www.whatnextgod.com/2007/06/15/three-churches-one-choice/comment-page-1/#comment-506 Addofio Tue, 19 Jun 2007 14:18:33 +0000 http://www.whatnextgod.com/2007/06/15/three-churches-one-choice/#comment-506 I'm WAY out of my own territory here, but what if you tested the waters a bit with the church that seems to be offering more community? By revealing more of who you really are--make your more liberal politics and approach to Christianity clear? Put it right out there, up front--not in a confrontational way, but not apologetically or timidly either. There's no way a church is going to work for you that can't accept that in the long run anyway, and as you discovered in your old church, the love and the community count for a lot, probably more than liberal doctrines. If they do accept you as you are, your presence may act as a bit of leavening in the church, opening up minds a bit. If they don't--well, head on down the road to the more liberal church--there might be some leavening to be done there, too. You can learn to drive on the highway--if, nurtured in the wilds of Idaho and Oregon, I learned to handle NYC subways and crowds (which in my youth I did), you can learn to drive on a highway :-) Just a thought. I’m WAY out of my own territory here, but what if you tested the waters a bit with the church that seems to be offering more community? By revealing more of who you really are–make your more liberal politics and approach to Christianity clear? Put it right out there, up front–not in a confrontational way, but not apologetically or timidly either. There’s no way a church is going to work for you that can’t accept that in the long run anyway, and as you discovered in your old church, the love and the community count for a lot, probably more than liberal doctrines. If they do accept you as you are, your presence may act as a bit of leavening in the church, opening up minds a bit. If they don’t–well, head on down the road to the more liberal church–there might be some leavening to be done there, too. You can learn to drive on the highway–if, nurtured in the wilds of Idaho and Oregon, I learned to handle NYC subways and crowds (which in my youth I did), you can learn to drive on a highway :-)

Just a thought.

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