Comments on: My beautiful mess of a summer http://solarcrash.com/2009/09/my-beautiful-mess-of-a-summer/ Creativity, Faith, and Culture in the City Thu, 17 May 2012 21:18:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: lon http://solarcrash.com/2009/09/my-beautiful-mess-of-a-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-45309 lon Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:14:24 +0000 http://solarcrash.com/?p=2048#comment-45309 Al thank you so much for tracking along with my journey all this time. You've really been an ongoing encouragement. Thanks for the quote as well, i appreciate it bro! Al thank you so much for tracking along with my journey all this time. You've really been an ongoing encouragement. Thanks for the quote as well, i appreciate it bro!

]]> By: A_L http://solarcrash.com/2009/09/my-beautiful-mess-of-a-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-45255 A_L Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:48:23 +0000 http://solarcrash.com/?p=2048#comment-45255 I think what hurts the most is when a great vision dies, or at least goes dormant for a time. When you know something is right, but it seems that no one else is on the same page. When you know that things must change, because they are not healthy, yet everyone else is quite content to keep heading toward that slow painful death. Lon, I appreciate your heart for creativity, for stirring up new expressions of our faith. I appreciate your heart for the underdog, for justice, for truth. I can't promise you a rose garden, but I can promise you that you aren't alone in your quest for change, for life. I don't know why things don't always work out, why the good guys don't always win. But don't let the dreams die. "The dream never dies Just the dreamer The dream never dies If it's strong The song never dies Just the singer So come on, everybody Sing along" I think what hurts the most is when a great vision dies, or at least goes dormant for a time. When you know something is right, but it seems that no one else is on the same page. When you know that things must change, because they are not healthy, yet everyone else is quite content to keep heading toward that slow painful death.
Lon, I appreciate your heart for creativity, for stirring up new expressions of our faith. I appreciate your heart for the underdog, for justice, for truth.
I can't promise you a rose garden, but I can promise you that you aren't alone in your quest for change, for life. I don't know why things don't always work out, why the good guys don't always win.
But don't let the dreams die.
"The dream never dies
Just the dreamer
The dream never dies
If it's strong
The song never dies
Just the singer
So come on, everybody
Sing along"

]]> By: lon http://solarcrash.com/2009/09/my-beautiful-mess-of-a-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-45250 lon Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:24:22 +0000 http://solarcrash.com/?p=2048#comment-45250 Thanks for the kind words Parke! Thanks for the kind words Parke!

]]> By: Parke http://solarcrash.com/2009/09/my-beautiful-mess-of-a-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-45206 Parke Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:57:34 +0000 http://solarcrash.com/?p=2048#comment-45206 Keep working hard for the benefit of others and the honor of God, friend. I'm encouraged by your efforts and your pursuit of good things even though it's often not easy or completely clear what comes next. Keep working hard for the benefit of others and the honor of God, friend. I'm encouraged by your efforts and your pursuit of good things even though it's often not easy or completely clear what comes next.

]]> By: lon http://solarcrash.com/2009/09/my-beautiful-mess-of-a-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-45204 lon Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:37:11 +0000 http://solarcrash.com/?p=2048#comment-45204 hey b.p. of course I did... that's the team I was trying to get on, but things didn't work out unfortunately. hey b.p. of course I did… that's the team I was trying to get on, but things didn't work out unfortunately.

]]> By: Po Man http://solarcrash.com/2009/09/my-beautiful-mess-of-a-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-45202 Po Man Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:15:13 +0000 http://solarcrash.com/?p=2048#comment-45202 I thank God for this summer as I joined Ouje-Bougoumou mission trip and spend more time in finishing my basement project. I am so honour to be the first one visiting Alfred website and start dialoguing with this crazy guy in Christ. Moreover, I am so thankful that the Anglican/Church of England has started their missional study: Mission-shaped church In 2004 the General Synod commended the report “Mission-shaped church” to the whole of the Church of England. Building on the five marks of mission, this report speaks of five values for a missionary church: * A missionary church is focused on God the Trinity Worship lies at the heart of a missionary church, and to love and know God as Father, Son and Spirit is its chief inspiration and primary purpose… * A missionary church is incarnational It seeks to shape itself in relation to the culture in which it is located or to which it is called… * A missionary church is transformational It exists for the transformation of the community that it serves, through the power of the Gospel and the Holy Spirit… * A missionary church makes disciples It is active in calling people to faith in Jesus Christ…it is concerned for the transformation of individuals, as well as for the transformation of communities. * A missionary church is relational It is characterized by welcome and hospitality. Its ethos and style are open to change when new members join. I am sure that God is changing the world. How about us? I thank God for this summer as I joined Ouje-Bougoumou mission trip and spend more time in finishing my basement project. I am so honour to be the first one visiting Alfred website and start dialoguing with this crazy guy in Christ. Moreover, I am so thankful that the Anglican/Church of England has started their missional study:

Mission-shaped church

In 2004 the General Synod commended the report “Mission-shaped church” to the whole of the Church of England. Building on the five marks of mission, this report speaks of five values for a missionary church:

* A missionary church is focused on God the Trinity
Worship lies at the heart of a missionary church, and to love and know God as Father, Son
and Spirit is its chief inspiration and primary purpose…
* A missionary church is incarnational
It seeks to shape itself in relation to the culture in which it is located or to which it is called…
* A missionary church is transformational
It exists for the transformation of the community that it serves, through the power of the Gospel
and the Holy Spirit…
* A missionary church makes disciples
It is active in calling people to faith in Jesus Christ…it is concerned for the transformation of
individuals, as well as for the transformation of communities.
* A missionary church is relational
It is characterized by welcome and hospitality. Its ethos and style are open to change when
new members join.
I am sure that God is changing the world. How about us?

]]> By: b.p. http://solarcrash.com/2009/09/my-beautiful-mess-of-a-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-45201 b.p. Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:52:53 +0000 http://solarcrash.com/?p=2048#comment-45201 Did you hear about TEDxTO? <a href="http://www.tedxto.com/" target="_blank">http://www.tedxto.com/</a> Did you hear about TEDxTO?
http://www.tedxto.com/

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