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Comment on You Will Be Accountable for This by tanya

tanya — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:29:40 +0000

timely message for me! thanks!

Comment on You Will Be Accountable for This by Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:35:40 +0000

Well put Carey. And deffinately something that i needed to hear.
P.s. I am now in the market for a large red button.

Comment on You Will Be Accountable for This by Heather Carver

Heather Carver — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:14:34 +0000

Thanks for the encouragement Carey!

Comment on You Will Be Accountable for This by Sabine

Sabine — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:03:00 +0000

God create us just the way he wants us to be.

No more no less.

Every person is origin and perfect in the creation of our Heavenly Father.

If we want to be like other persons – as you mentioned already- God would have had create more of these persons.

But some persons came in our life at different moments and inspire us.Some more and some less. And we take some habits of these persons to our personal habits. We can learn from each other!

Regards from far far away ( lol )

Sabine

Comment on You Will Be Accountable for This by Carey

Carey — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:18:29 +0000

So glad Heather. No surprise, most of my posts are reminders to myself. We all need to hear that. Funny how the enemy loves to make us insecure, isn’t it?

Comment on You Will Be Accountable for This by Heather

Heather — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:12:30 +0000

EXACTLY what I needed to hear today! Thanks Carey.

Comment on Game Changer by Carey

Carey — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:16:37 +0000

Was away for a week with no real internet connection (we all need those weeks). I appreciate the feedback.

2 broken…I would say cautiously optimistic is a great way to phrase things. The moment we say we’re the church that won’t “X”, we set ourselves up to disappoint people. I think we’re as broken as any group of Christ followers. I hope that one of the things that distinguishes Connexus is a willingness to admit we’ve messed up, look the person we’ve offended in the eye, apologize and try to make amends.

Comment on Game Changer by 2 broken

2 broken — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 04:04:37 +0000

There are two kinds of game changers that I’ve experienced.

The first, drew me to Christ; the unconditional love and acceptance of a handful of people who were Jesus with skin on.

The second made me walk away from church because of politics and power struggles.

There is a terrible agony in the tension that exists between loving God and hating the way His followers sometimes behave.

That said, I agree with you when you say that experiential faith is all about Jesus, and NOT about the (local) church. If Connexus really lives that out, then perhaps I have found reason to be cautiously optimistic?

Comment on Game Changer by Rob

Rob — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:36:17 +0000

Game Changer: two come to mind:
1) Failure: forces us to be confronted with something in ourselves or in our ministry context that we either missed or were avoiding.

2) Being Honest about who I am/We are, in ministry: in a world of “leadership personalities” it is easy to try to mimic instead of leading with the gifts God has given us. We need to absolutely clear about how God has wired us to lead so we can do it 110%.

Incredible pain brought incredible clarity. Two great gifts!

Comment on Game Changer by Carey

Carey — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 23:19:02 +0000

Thanks Armin and Theresa. Insightful. Every single game changer has also involved struggle. Fascinating.

Got me thinking….