tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37106751.post454729103519933769..comments2023-06-28T11:56:24.073-04:00Comments on The Lamb's War: Time to Occupy the ChurchMicah Baleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06849915973708989620noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37106751.post-82016313837245969592012-02-08T13:31:53.560-05:002012-02-08T13:31:53.560-05:00Read some Gerrard Winstanley for guidance and clar...Read some Gerrard Winstanley for guidance and clarification.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09230851926890557930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37106751.post-50829882344308805912012-02-07T21:08:43.551-05:002012-02-07T21:08:43.551-05:00You raise some very important and I feel important...You raise some very important and I feel important issues here that go to the heart of our faith. You and readers are probably aware of this, but for those who are not, - London Regional Meeting has come out supporting from a Quaker perspective, the Occupy Movement. There has also been a very favourable article locally in our Victoria, Australia Newsletter recently as well. I stand corrected if wrong - but would be almost sure that these are by no means the only statements made on the compatibility between F/friends and the Occupy Movement's main aims - nor the last word either by any means!Ivan Himmelhochnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37106751.post-39030692591774627332012-02-07T19:36:31.324-05:002012-02-07T19:36:31.324-05:00Morgan, really appreciate your perspective. But d...Morgan, really appreciate your perspective. But did Christ come to avoid trigger words that would turn people off? I have every reason to believe you and your church are sincere but are many of our problems today due to churches wanting to grow by making people comfortable versus disturbed by the Holy Spirit? Maybe you are truly a missionary and doing the right thing.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03048541046671749330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37106751.post-70323434866990501052012-02-07T15:00:46.431-05:002012-02-07T15:00:46.431-05:00Let me push back a little bit. I'm a pastor in...Let me push back a little bit. I'm a pastor in a suburban, right-of-center mainline congregation in Fairfax County across the river from you. In my context, I feel like the best I can do to build the kingdom is to battle worldly values and idols like self-reliance, consumerism, the idolatry of the nuclear family, etc, but to do so without framing it in terms of whether you should support/oppose this or that "political issue." I preached a sermon called <a href="http://morganguyton.wordpress.com/2011/10/16/occupy-the-kingdom/" rel="nofollow">"Occupy the kingdom of God"</a> in which I tried to talk in eschatological/revolutionary terms about God's kingdom without using any trigger words which would have caused some people to stop listening.<br /><br />In any case, realize that many churches around you are doing important evangelism to people who will stop listening if they hear certain trigger words or if the person speaking seems "punkish" or is using language or ideas associated with people who seem "punkish." <br /><br />I'm not sure what the solution is. Every day, I struggle with the question of how to balance being pastoral with being prophetic. I long for the kingdom to come with power.Morgan Guytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14325942871813477553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37106751.post-55477082121435296422012-02-07T13:13:13.796-05:002012-02-07T13:13:13.796-05:00Sorry. The URL linked to my name is wrong. Our blo...Sorry. The URL linked to my name is wrong. Our blog, Among Friends, is to be found at this corrected link.QuaCarolhttp://among.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37106751.post-24816582866444014452012-02-07T13:09:59.328-05:002012-02-07T13:09:59.328-05:00Micah, I've just learned that Brooklyn Friends...Micah, I've just learned that Brooklyn Friends Meeting is giving space to OWS-New York's Spokes Council on Wednesday night. I'm holding the intention of going.QuaCarolhttp://amongfriends.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com