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Small Gods, Small Churches
I just finished re-reading my copy of Terry Pratchett’s Small Gods. It is a humrous look at belief, religion, and what happens when it all goes horribly wrong. The story focuses on the Great God Om, and his companion the eighth prophet Brutha. Om is not so great anymore for a very simple reason, everyone [...]
And On The Other Hand. . . .
Faithlab is a great site that often offers new angles, and different lines of inspiration. Today David Adams posts the “Lay People List” – twenty points “minister types” need to know about the laity. It’s worth a read – and indeed a giggle or two – especially in our context where small communities are the [...]
“Obey”! – being accountable, being in community.
This series of three short posts by Bp. Alan Wilson (Anglican) is well worth reading and sitting with. We talk alot both here, and amongst ourselves in other places about the longevity of OC/IC communities – what it means to be “in community” and how we can re-vision some of our ideas about being ekklesia [...]
“Attack! Attack! . . . . hey, where did everybody go?
Matthew Streib writes a post worth reading here at SOMA – one that made me reflect on some of the methods of “outreach” I’ve witnessed in the OC/IC community over the years. “Be faithful” “Be church” – these are two phrases I’ve used off & on over the years to encourage people to simply be [...]