tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283131.post3130580903397459642..comments2024-03-12T19:34:23.734-04:00Comments on Everyday with dan...: Spiritual formation exercises vs. church activitiesdanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10088260285661911833noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283131.post-74681344618551408772010-12-07T10:39:31.852-05:002010-12-07T10:39:31.852-05:00Thanks Patti!Thanks Patti!danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088260285661911833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283131.post-67212598292735081262010-12-06T22:34:34.249-05:002010-12-06T22:34:34.249-05:00At the risk of my comment being too Catholic, I...At the risk of my comment being too Catholic, I'll suggest Ignatius' spiritual exercises. Fr. Anthony de Mello, too, has exercises in the same Ignatian vein.pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12495138866667045976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283131.post-28369147163033328382010-11-25T09:03:38.650-05:002010-11-25T09:03:38.650-05:00I agree with Pastor D. about people wanting to be ...I agree with Pastor D. about people wanting to be entertained (I hear it the same way)... but I also agree with Carrie that I don't think it's the young people. And I even wonder if a lot of middle-aged to older people have mistakenly 'thought' that's what young people wanted, when it doesn't appear to be true at all. In fact, it might be quite the opposite.<br /><br />I'm wondering if it doesn't really have to do with age though, as much as it comes down to the role of the Holy Spirit. There are a lot of good "church" people, who seem to have no mind for God at all. All they see of church is the institution. To me, these are the people who think we aren't "doing church" unless we're sending the youth to an amusement park or having overnight pizza parties, and senior citizen bus trips, and making peanut brittle, and... whatever it is they think "real churches" should be doing. And it's not that any of these things are necessarily wrong. But they're not the point either.<br /><br />BTW - I know who living3368 is, Tammie. I'm glad there are others just as messed up as me. :) I always appreciate your comments. As I do from all of you. Thanks!danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088260285661911833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283131.post-8600212057837549892010-11-24T12:27:01.410-05:002010-11-24T12:27:01.410-05:00BTW ... living3368 = TammieBTW ... living3368 = TammieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283131.post-34567400561428730892010-11-24T12:23:37.135-05:002010-11-24T12:23:37.135-05:00Just about every time you end a post with "ma...Just about every time you end a post with "maybe it's just me ..." I want to scream "No!!"<br /><br />I've often looked at churches and wondered if the constant focus on activities isn't producing a faith that's a mile wide and an inch deep. Even mission trips can drift into a focus on what is being done rather than just being with people.<br /><br />Anyway, I don't know that I have any ideas for spiritual practices for you. Just wanted to let you know you're not alone with these ideas ... for whatever encouragement that might be worth.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283131.post-22097112159337434122010-11-24T12:13:46.337-05:002010-11-24T12:13:46.337-05:00I don't think, in our specific church anyway, ...I don't think, in our specific church anyway, that it has as much to do with people born in the 80s/90s as it does with people born in the 50s/60s/70s. Most of the people my age (25) who are Christians are out and about doing church - not sitting in a church complaining about the church not doing anything for them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283131.post-37840410545346986122010-11-24T11:55:13.269-05:002010-11-24T11:55:13.269-05:00Read the wonderful work entitled Generation Me by ...Read the wonderful work entitled Generation Me by Jean Twenge. She describes anyone born in the 1970s, 1980s, or 1990s she draws on more than a decade of research to identify the challenges being faced by today's young adults and the people who raised them. When I hear “Why don’t we do…” more often than none it translated to, “ don’t make me think, rather, ntertain me…”Pastor Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09063075847474862992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283131.post-71775045520554331602010-11-24T11:45:42.008-05:002010-11-24T11:45:42.008-05:00I thought the "toss the ring across the sanct...I thought the "toss the ring across the sanctuary" game was rather formative. Or was that informative?Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18085892548519396404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18283131.post-75323807965538658082010-11-24T10:09:29.911-05:002010-11-24T10:09:29.911-05:00Weird - I think our church has quite a few activit...Weird - I think our church has quite a few activities. It seems like the same few of us are the only ones who go. I'd like to know who complaining :) But Maybe I better not...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com