Comments on: Church: More Like Shrek

By: naomi

naomi — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

cakes have layers too!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hi, I just discovered your blog. I love this post! And I think you are really onto something!

At the end, your concerns about the adults not feeling ‘fed’ brought up another question for me: What if our expression of church was outward focused (teach the kids about the kingdom, they will teach us how to receive it) rather than inward focused (consumer mentality: someone feed me).

Besides, I think it’s high time that believers mature beyond “being fed” by someone else and learn to feed themselves, just as a child develops this skill in life! Perhaps then growth would come (besides, we always grow more when we serve – what better way than to serve the children)? I don’t mean to say that we don’t feed each other, and learn from each other because that is important… I don’t know… just thinking out loud with you. But what you are saying is actually getting me really excited about the potential…

By: Ron Smith

Ron Smith — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This Sarah girl comes out of nowhere and drops a bomb!!! “teach the kids about the kingdom, they will teach us how to receive it.” I love it. Alright Nathan, its up to you to feed that to me.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hi again. I just heard a podcast by a guy called Bill Johnson. He was actually preaching about how Abraham’s promise wasn’t for Abraham – it was for future generations. The message was all about investing in the future generations because that’s a kingdom perspective (rather than looking for what we get out of it). So Abraham is an example of the positive side. On the negative side, Hezekiah missed it – he sinned, but rejoiced when the prophet told him that the negative consequences of his sin wouldn’t effect him in his lifetime, but future generations. Hezekiah didn’t have kingdom perspective. I’m not doing this message justice, but it really impacted me. I don’t know… I really think God is speaking to you about this and I think you should go for it!

By: david

david — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

good tension Nathan, we (westside) struggle with that too. I oftten talk about a community raising our kids; there are sporadic times there with us in our gatherings (like praying for their new school year or serving alongside us), yet at the same time they hear and learn different than adults… I’d love to learn more in this direction;

here’s a link for you – though I know you’re not into mega churchces; but North Point actually has a weekly gathering where kids and adult learn together. you can opt to go to it instead of the other gathering. it’s called kidstuff; willow actually has a learning tool that families can experience together. reality is big or small, emerging or not, when kids are valued people try to do better.