tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post4074363702473343966..comments2023-11-20T10:17:40.928+00:00Comments on Good in Parts: The Ideal Church - let me hear your viewsKathrynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09171138485811816831noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post-46297821341716364472009-03-07T15:28:00.000+00:002009-03-07T15:28:00.000+00:00Diana Butler Bass has some good stuff in her "Chri...Diana Butler Bass has some good stuff in her "Christianity for the Rest of us". The chapters are divided up into good categories of church as.... I found it very helpful.Grace thinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16531868056833575601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post-85886352653433325392009-03-06T15:15:00.000+00:002009-03-06T15:15:00.000+00:00http://www.methodist.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=o...http://www.methodist.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=opentogod.content&cmid=2612<BR/><BR/>Jane Leach spoke at the Methodist Holiness and Risk conference. Her talk is on audio at above address. She spoke of church, "are we trying to think outside the box from inside a tomb" A myriad of ideas and threads which inspired me and many. Hope it helps.<BR/>WendyUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06494569197144328855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post-58193866445609793372009-03-04T18:32:00.000+00:002009-03-04T18:32:00.000+00:00Have emailed you some stuff. Hope its useful, Dav...Have emailed you some stuff. Hope its useful, DavidDavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06939845786379261938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7876613.post-56697450835282759862009-03-03T18:29:00.000+00:002009-03-03T18:29:00.000+00:00My bishop (Derby) recently talked to all us curate...My bishop (Derby) recently talked to all us curates about his vision for the church as being a bit like medieval monasteries:<BR/><BR/>- the Chapel at the centre (worship at the heart);<BR/>- then the Chapter house (forming a community, talking to one another);<BR/>- next the Cloister (the place where we study and learn about our faith;<BR/>- finally the Curtilage (4 Cs!) - the monastic outbuildings (the place where we engage with the needs of the world).<BR/><BR/>You could argue with the some of the underlying assumptions of this, but I found it helpful and evocative - it resonated with me.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17285734471152709943noreply@blogger.com