Posts Tagged ‘church’
Church bashing or correction?
Posted by: Tsholo on: February 7, 2012
I was apprehensive about sharing this, cos I don’t believe as Christians we should be bashing the Church, or other church denominations, but at the same time, not speaking out against something like this says that I agree with it, doesn’t it. I’m not a member of Mars Hill. I’ve never met Mark Driscoll and [...]
Belonging
Posted by: Tsholo on: July 12, 2011
- In: my life | thoughts
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i miss church. i miss belonging to a church family. i thought i just missed the enGAGE peeps – which i totally do – or that i just missed being involved in a church, but a few weeks ago i hung out with some peeps from JoshGen, which is the church my friend MJ is [...]
I’m not racist, but…
Posted by: Tsholo on: May 3, 2011
- In: thoughts
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i read a couple of blogs recently on the issue of diversity and unity in the church. basically, if everyone in your church looks like you, you’re doing something wrong. i agree with that statement for the most part. if everyone in your church is of the same social class, education level, and economic status [...]
the ark really does stink…
Posted by: Tsholo on: August 11, 2010
…or why i still call myself a christian “The Church is like Noah’s ark: it stinks, but if you get out you’ll drown” – Shane Claiborne paraphrasing Reinhold Niebuhr. that explains my feelings on the church on the moment. i really can’t say i love the Church right now. i’m talking about the universal church [...]
Keeping my day job
Posted by: Tsholo on: August 6, 2010
Also, what I have found many people have done, is read that because I don’t want to be a Pastor, I have given up on the whole idea of Church. Not so. I have nothing against ‘Church’, how could I? It’s, by definition, a collection of people choosing to band together so they can better [...]
What’s so amazing about grace?
Posted by: Tsholo on: January 20, 2010
At last I asked if she had ever thought of going to a church for help. I will never forget the look of pure, naive shock that crossed her face. “Church!” she cried. “Why would I ever go there? I was already feeling terrible about myself. They’d just make me feel worse.” What struck me [...]
Church
Posted by: Tsholo on: December 15, 2009
- In: my life | thoughts
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I am in participating in the one word at a time blog carnival, which is being hosted by Bridget Chumbley this week. Today’s word is Church, and as I’ve written quite a few blogs on that topic, I’ve decided to just to a repost. One of the topics we wrote on about a month back [...]
Worship Setlist – November 29, 2009
Posted by: Tsholo on: November 30, 2009
Please do stop by FredMcKinnon.com for more setlists and sermon recaps from around the world… Morning ========= Come now is the time to worship (Brian Doerkson) Alles vir my (Afrikaans) (Retief Burger) Dula le rona (Sotho) (Paul Mpete) Desert song (Brooke Fraser) Give us clean hands (Chris Tomlin) All who are thirsty (Brenton Brown/Glenn Robertson) [...]
Community…
Posted by: Tsholo on: November 17, 2009
I’m taking part in a blog carnival over at “One Word at a Time“…and today’s topic is community. I’ve written about community before, so I decided to just do a repost of that post…enjoy… ======================== [my thoughts are a bit scattered at the moment, so this one will be very reflective of my scatter-brain-ness...i mean [...]
My thoughts on the church and the Church part 4
Posted by: Tsholo on: August 11, 2009
who/what is enGAGE ========================= a bunch of people who believe in and are aiming to be: [1] Fully devoted Followers of Christ [2] Growing in Community [3] Giving Generously [4] Witnessing Unashamedly [5] Worshipping Passionately [6] Serving Purposefully The name enGAGE reminds us that church is not that meeting that takes place on a Sunday [...]
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