tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17607953.post7808688887469427279..comments2024-02-16T05:21:44.106-05:00Comments on Central Ohio Emergent Cohort: Disciples FellowshipGreghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18424867889611784610noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17607953.post-78330318747587321962008-03-25T12:16:00.000-04:002008-03-25T12:16:00.000-04:00Well said, Jesse. I think the "rawness" of the chu...Well said, Jesse. I think the "rawness" of the church is what really hit me when I first started hanging out there. To be real and have no outside facades was refreshing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17607953.post-13285667524575945162008-03-24T21:38:00.000-04:002008-03-24T21:38:00.000-04:00I appreciated from this list that church didn't ha...I appreciated from this list that church didn't have to be aesthetically appealing - or maybe I should say, it doesn't have to be "refined." You could make a lot of connections there with like refined sugar and other products - the raw is not as pretty, doesn't market as well, but is better for you in the long run. <BR/><BR/>In church on Sunday, I felt like the pastors were afraid for anything to go wrong. It was a very rehearsed, timed, well-planned and executed event that left little room for the "messiness" of human life. It felt like when you watch a tv sitcom and someone is giving birth and the baby pops out all clean and smiling, and you think to yourself - "This isn't real....." <BR/><BR/>Disciples Fellowship sounds like it was a real church. <BR/><BR/>One last quote - a student of mine shared in chapel about a phrase that Jewish rabbis had regarding their students. It went something like, "May you be covered in the dirt of your rabbi" and the idea was that as you followed your teacher around all day, walking the dirt roads, you would be caked with the dirt he had kicked up from his sandals. I like thinking about Jesus as a dirty-foot teacher, and I want to follow him along the dirty path.Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15222273525666828338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17607953.post-47645145990798766222008-03-22T16:57:00.000-04:002008-03-22T16:57:00.000-04:00Great list! I love it!Great list! I love it!Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18424867889611784610noreply@blogger.com