tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8780046688666925822.post9182191750050587594..comments2023-08-11T15:21:10.294+10:00Comments on Living Liminal: The Show Must Go On!Living Liminalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14972983087412105742noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8780046688666925822.post-20497379394989363532014-10-04T09:32:03.994+10:002014-10-04T09:32:03.994+10:00Good point, James! We absolutely do need to learn ...Good point, James! We absolutely do need to learn what it means to be fully human. Jesus showed us by example how to live relationally, and I just can't imagine him taking that attitude of carrying on regardless of the pain around him.Living Liminalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14972983087412105742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8780046688666925822.post-36393104382297277742014-10-04T00:47:19.107+10:002014-10-04T00:47:19.107+10:00LL - You wrote: "It has been my experience th...LL - You wrote: "It has been my experience that every institutional church has a mission at its forefront - namely to 'do church'. I've never yet come across a church which puts relationships ahead of this ongoing mission."<br /><br />This is a helpful observation. Many churches have a written vision/mission statement. EVERY church has a FUNCTIONAL vision/mission statement. And most of the time, I agree, it's DOING CHURCH.<br /><br />Isn't it sad that tragedy seems to be the only thing that awakens us out of our institutional Matrix? Maybe learning what it means, in Christ, to be fully human, beginning with our relationships, is the more antidote. Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13505140548380993325noreply@blogger.com