Gary, you seem upset? I'm confused. you wrote and opinion piece that others have an opinion too. That's all.

I am a bit more confused though.

You said,"The next time you're in a church worship service, and a video comes on the screen, close your eyes. Don't watch it, but simply listen. For those of you who believe that content is king, your life will be changed, eyes closed and all."

Then you said, "I honestly believe that content serves as a change agent ONLY if it's communicated in a way that's beautiful. Content alone does not have the power to change lives."

That confuses me. Telling us to close our eyes, implies that we "see" beauty. And if we believe content is King then we will be changed by the video whether we see it or not. Then you say we can't be changed by what we haven't seen?

Maybe you could clarify a bit more.

Did the new comment setup give you a limit??? I'll see if I can change that!

Heidi, as a Pastor, I can honestly say AMEN! I think the church is at fault for much of the dependence people have on it, but I also believe that people hold a responsibility in not making themselves dependent on the church's "milk".

Tawny, I would say that being in a big church doesn't make it any harder to have relationships. I would bet that we would know about the same amount of people in a small or large church. we may know more about the people ina small church, but that doesn't mean we are in relationship with them. I thinks it's easier to hide, but that doesn't matter to me, because I don't do it :)

This sounds similar to our model. We are small group driven. We call them link groups. The link group leaders are taught and resourced and then given the freedom to lead their group with the ability to rely on our staff for the needed help.

Praying for these families and praying for you. No answers on how to deal with it. be honest. Go to God.. beg for understanding. Live in His peace.

Signed up!

Nice write up.

Intense Debate is my favorite, but I uninstalled it the other day because there is an under 500 word limit on comments. Not so big of a deal, but when I get into discussion on my blog, people were having to split up their comments. talked to the intense debate guys and they said they are working on it but have no fix at this time. When they fix that, I will go back to it.

Coffee!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Awesome! Can't wait to enjoy the whole album.