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Comment on In All Comes From Here* by Admin

Admin — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:43:40 +0000

Happy to help ;o)

Comment on In All Comes From Here* by Sarah B

Sarah B — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:21:26 +0000

Couldn’t find these words on the YWS page – should have known you’d have it!

Using it for our training day.

Thank you!

Comment on Lent vs Social Media by @jimmy_young

@jimmy_young — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 12:41:04 +0000

Great post. One additional thing I’ve noticed over Lent is that I’ve missed some of the input from some people who stepped back or withdrew from twitter over lent.
I think you’re spot on in that twitter is at heart ultimately a means of communication, but its easy to get sucked into it becoming the entertainment or the focus itself. I’d guess that being disciplined in the use of it is probably a key step in being “on twitter, but not of twitter” (to hideously mis-quote the bible, but hopefully not in a too-heretical style way!)
Looking forward to hearing how you proceed from here in cutting down on OCD-esque checking of timeline (something I have tried really hard to cut out over Lent, again with only partial success!) and thinning out of who you follow.

Comment on Ten Commandments Rewritten by Rocky update and Christian rights « mandysmutterings

Rocky update and Christian rights « mandysmutterings — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 20:43:23 +0000

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Comment on Youth Ministry Newsletter – December 2011 by Newsletter – Dec 2011

Newsletter – Dec 2011 — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 20:56:24 +0000

[...] just finished publishing the latest Youth Ministry Update newsletter. Click below to view it online, or download it in PDF format. Whilst it’s great to hear the news of new and existing [...]

Comment on In All Comes From Here* by YWS11 « WORDS

YWS11 « WORDS — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:24:40 +0000

[...] summary it was amazing. To read a bit more about the summit, and what it was about read this post http://www.easyrew.com/yws11/ , which just about sums it all up nicely [although I didn't attend the retreat day]. The liturgy / [...]

Comment on Trinity Analogies by Pieter Stok

Pieter Stok — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 10:29:22 +0000

My only observation from years of theology is that we spend so much time on the analysis that little Kingdom work happens. Now I’ll have a quick lie down.

Comment on Trinity Analogies by Ricky Rew

Ricky Rew — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 19:52:15 +0000

Hi Peter,

why do we want to find analogies of the mystery of the Trinity?

Speaking personally, because I feel the need to at least try to help the young people I work with have an understanding of the Trinity. I don’t think it’s enough (particularly for the age group I primarily work with) to simply say: God is Trinity: Father, Son & Spirit. If I can find analogies which reveal *something* of the nature of God, my experience is that the young people find that helpful. [see earlier acknowledgements about this only being a tiny glimpse, not understanding in full]

Can this mystery encourage my faith walk, obedience and service as I strive to advance His Kingdom?

I believe so. At a recent service where I preached on the Trinity, I closed by saying that having explored the nature of God (as a perfect community/relationship) we must consider the application for us, and calling everyone to greater unity even in diversity, and greater community rather than isolation and individualism. I believe putting that into practice requires obedience to God’s call and service to one another.

Maybe our response should be wonder and amazement rather than analysis.

I have no problem with wonder and amazement, but for me they usually follow a period of exploration and analysis. The former without the latter can be seen as the lazy man’s approach ;o)

Comment on Trinity Analogies by Pieter Stok

Pieter Stok — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 12:43:02 +0000

Hi Ricky, I’ve come to this discussion rather late. My question would be why do we want to find analogies of the mystery of the Trinity? Or is the bigger question: Can this mystery encourage my faith walk, obedience and service as I strive to advance His Kingdom? Maybe our response should be wonder and amazement rather than analysis.

Comment on Trinity Analogies by Pam Smith

Pam Smith — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 16:32:15 +0000

I accept it was helpful for you, but I’m trying in vain to understand how it conveys something about the nature of Trinity as I’ve come to understand it!

To me it’s 180 degrees from where you need to be to understand Trinity as a dynamic inter-relationship of three distinct personae! I think it’s because the father/son/husband idea represents ONE person relating to MANY whereas the Trinity is about three-personed God relating to one-personed me. The only way it works is to say that the same person can’t be my husband, son and father but that doesn’t get me any nearer the Trinity.

As I said, I accept that this worked for you but it simply takes me back to the lonely old man on the cloud.

I guess this is why we need to give people space to explore the idea for themselves.