TEE College Course Notes: This is not my favourite course and I don't find the notes well-written. Academic material should not be written with a bias, unless that is stated or obviously expected (a Christian bias is expected in Christian studies).
Total Church: I need to get a basic understanding of this model if I want to include it in my Masters - which I do. But I don't think the book explains it enough. I will look up Crowded House on the internet. The chapter I read was about church planting. I think they like small congregations, like households, and I gather they grow by dividing the plants.
The Serenity Prayer:I forgot to record this yesterday. Accept what we cannot change - amongst others, the past Aad other people. Good point, that last one.
2 Samuel 3: Treachery and heartache. God lives in our world. How does he stay sane? I hope he has. Would I know? Yes, I think so!
Showing posts with label Chester and Timmis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chester and Timmis. Show all posts
Wednesday, 13 May 2009
Monday, 11 May 2009
10 to 11 May (Jenny)
Chocky: by John Wyndham. Another reread. So far, Matthew seems to have an imaginary friend.
The Serenity Prayer: What actually is serenity? Even after reading the chapter, I'm not sure.
Total Church: I'm not letting myself read any more, until I've gone back and made proper notes!
2 Samuel 1: Ah, this is where the verse is that makes some people say that David and Jonathan were homosexual lovers. At the risk of offending, I would say that this is not even a proof text -more like a proof subtext. But it is part of a puzzle. Part of the journey to finding the truth.
The Serenity Prayer: What actually is serenity? Even after reading the chapter, I'm not sure.
Total Church: I'm not letting myself read any more, until I've gone back and made proper notes!
2 Samuel 1: Ah, this is where the verse is that makes some people say that David and Jonathan were homosexual lovers. At the risk of offending, I would say that this is not even a proof text -more like a proof subtext. But it is part of a puzzle. Part of the journey to finding the truth.
Sunday, 10 May 2009
8 to 10 May (Jenny)
Witches Abroad: Finished this. The Fairy Godmother gets captured by the mirror. The sexual innuendo is too much for me in this book - it gets irritating! But it's not as bad as the next one in the series, if I remember correctly. There's funny and there's stupid. But there is plenty that is funny and clever, so still worth reading!
Total Church: I ought to be making proper notes. I'm going to have to go back over what I have read. Recently - the church's involvement with the marginalised - I'm interested to see how they take this further (so as not to be patronising). And also church is mission and mission is church. We shouldn't see either as an individual activity.
Hebrews 10-13: "Let us hold unswervingly to the hope that we have". Yes.
Total Church: I ought to be making proper notes. I'm going to have to go back over what I have read. Recently - the church's involvement with the marginalised - I'm interested to see how they take this further (so as not to be patronising). And also church is mission and mission is church. We shouldn't see either as an individual activity.
Hebrews 10-13: "Let us hold unswervingly to the hope that we have". Yes.
Friday, 8 May 2009
7 to 8 May (Jenny)
Witches Abroad: by Terry Pratchett. Amongt other thing a trial for those who have committed crimes against 'narrative expectation'.
Total Church: The importance of sensitive, but intentional evangelism. People are often drawn to the Christian community before they are drawn to the Christian message. Very true - only that community is not often present in a meaningful way. No doubt the book will go on to explore this. The danger is that we 'create community' and do not look for ways to express the community that exists by definition in the body of Christ. This is where my Masters dissertation goes, so I have too much to say!
Hebrews 7 & 8: More about Jesus as the ultimate high priest.
Total Church: The importance of sensitive, but intentional evangelism. People are often drawn to the Christian community before they are drawn to the Christian message. Very true - only that community is not often present in a meaningful way. No doubt the book will go on to explore this. The danger is that we 'create community' and do not look for ways to express the community that exists by definition in the body of Christ. This is where my Masters dissertation goes, so I have too much to say!
Hebrews 7 & 8: More about Jesus as the ultimate high priest.
Wednesday, 6 May 2009
5 to 6 May (Jenny)
Total Church: I do like this book. In my current contextual disorientation I am struggling to absorb it properly. This is challenging, "In our experience, people are often enthusiastic about community until it impinges on their decision-making. For all their rhetoric, they still expect to make decisions by themselves for themselves. We assume we are masters of our own lives" (pg 45). I think this sentence captures the essence of the difficulty that African and western traditions experience in working together.
Hebrews 4&5: "Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account" (4:13). I am glad that God knows me and that I cannot trick him or confuse him or hide from him. There is a security in that.
Hebrews 4&5: "Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account" (4:13). I am glad that God knows me and that I cannot trick him or confuse him or hide from him. There is a security in that.
Monday, 4 May 2009
4 to 5 May (Jenny)
Witches Abroad: 'Your average witch is not, by nature, a social animal as far as other witches are concerned. There's a conflict of dominant personalities. There's a group of ringleaders without a ring. There's the basic unwritten rule of witchcraft, which is, "Don't do what you will, do what I say." The natural size of a coven is one. Witches only get together when they can't avoid it.' Some people would say that this describes Methodist ministers. Does coven=synod?
Meet the Brown Bomber: by Simon Gqubule and about Rev Seth Mokitimi. An inspiring story about somebody who made his life count - more on my blog!
Total Church: by Tim Chester and Steve Timmis. I've been waiting for the chance to read this and had it all year. I must now read it for my Masters. So I'm hoping to do two chapters a day. I like the authors' premise - we need to find a new way of doing church. I'm also starting to get a bit sceptical of all the new ways that people propose! But this comes highly recommended, so we'll see. The intro has stuff that supports my Masters thesis - church needs to be word centred and mission centred (pg 16). Having studied it a bit already, I find their argument in chapter 1 a little bit - um, not quite there. But I agree with the principle.
Hebrews 2&3: Jesus was made perfect in suffering. And Job. And maybe phase 1's. Also 'let none of you have sinful, unbelieving hearts'. Lord give me a right heart.
Meet the Brown Bomber: by Simon Gqubule and about Rev Seth Mokitimi. An inspiring story about somebody who made his life count - more on my blog!
Total Church: by Tim Chester and Steve Timmis. I've been waiting for the chance to read this and had it all year. I must now read it for my Masters. So I'm hoping to do two chapters a day. I like the authors' premise - we need to find a new way of doing church. I'm also starting to get a bit sceptical of all the new ways that people propose! But this comes highly recommended, so we'll see. The intro has stuff that supports my Masters thesis - church needs to be word centred and mission centred (pg 16). Having studied it a bit already, I find their argument in chapter 1 a little bit - um, not quite there. But I agree with the principle.
Hebrews 2&3: Jesus was made perfect in suffering. And Job. And maybe phase 1's. Also 'let none of you have sinful, unbelieving hearts'. Lord give me a right heart.
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