Comments on: Economic Times http://crucialencounter.com/2009/02/economic-times/ The Way of My Heart Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jonathanstegall http://crucialencounter.com/2009/02/economic-times/comment-page-1/#comment-551 jonathanstegall Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:53:29 +0000 http://www.crucialencounter.com/?p=714#comment-551 Thank God for those kind of words. I am utterly convinced that we have an opportunity, whether or not it lasts, to stop serving the money god and totally change the way that the church and its people operate in America. I don't know if it will continue, or if we'll take advantage of it, but I know that there is potential for us to stop basing churches on whether they can afford to keep the lights on, but whether they are part of "something very small," as Shane Claiborne would say.<br><br>Edit: plus, I really like that picture. Who is it from? Thank God for those kind of words. I am utterly convinced that we have an opportunity, whether or not it lasts, to stop serving the money god and totally change the way that the church and its people operate in America. I don't know if it will continue, or if we'll take advantage of it, but I know that there is potential for us to stop basing churches on whether they can afford to keep the lights on, but whether they are part of “something very small,” as Shane Claiborne would say.

Edit: plus, I really like that picture. Who is it from?

]]> By: jonathanstegall http://crucialencounter.com/2009/02/economic-times/comment-page-1/#comment-258 jonathanstegall Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:53:29 +0000 http://www.crucialencounter.com/?p=714#comment-258 Thank God for those kind of words. I am utterly convinced that we have an opportunity, whether or not it lasts, to stop serving the money god and totally change the way that the church and its people operate in America. I don't know if it will continue, or if we'll take advantage of it, but I know that there is potential for us to stop basing churches on whether they can afford to keep the lights on, but whether they are part of "something very small," as Shane Claiborne would say. Thank God for those kind of words. I am utterly convinced that we have an opportunity, whether or not it lasts, to stop serving the money god and totally change the way that the church and its people operate in America. I don't know if it will continue, or if we'll take advantage of it, but I know that there is potential for us to stop basing churches on whether they can afford to keep the lights on, but whether they are part of “something very small,” as Shane Claiborne would say.

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