Emergent Brethren

General, Getting to know you, all about you!

Glad to be here

07 Jan 2007 peacecovenant  

4 Responses to “Glad to be here”

1. on 08 Jan 2007 at 2:18 pm 1Jeff Glass

   Thanks, Katie, for being the first to post! As you saw, not much has been put on the site yet. Tonight, I’m meeting with the developer and will soon be getting many more things on here!

   For example, I’m planning on posting materials that I’ve passed-out at previous AC Insight Sessions. I hope others will be willing to share what they’ve created too, in addition to discussing various issues.

   Blessings to you!

   Jeff

2. on 22 Mar 2007 at 8:28 pm 2Erin Matteson

   This site will be a great opportunity for support, dialogue, growth of all kinds. Thanks for all you do, Jeff.

   Erin Matteson

3. on 23 Mar 2007 at 11:57 am 3Kate Spire

   Hi Erin,
   Glad to see you here!

4. on 28 Jul 2007 at 10:35 am 4Angie Lahman Yoder

   I thought that this tag was in reference to how we are getting to know one another in Christ. I was mistaken, but am still going to put my comments here. I just finished McLaren’s book “More Ready Than You Realize” and found it to be inspiring– forming spiritual friendships with the sole purpose of helping the other discover his/her own path. It details his emailing with April (aka Alice) and kind of the flow of that relationship.

   One of the most poignant reminders was this on pg 94, “I think a lot of us would be better Christians if we spent less time at church.” That to meet spiritual friends will mean developing friendships outside of the church– attending sporting events, recitals, neighborhood gatherings– without the expectation of getting our spiritual friends _into_ church. Walk the walk _next_ to them.

   I love that. Getting to know you is about really getting to know _you_ not about WIFM (what’s in it for me). Duh. =)

   He closes that same chapter with this benediction and I leave it here now:
   May the Spirit of Christ empower you to love and serve your neighbors, welcoming them into your lives and home and schedules and hearts, so that through belonging they may discover the joys of believing and becoming. You are more ready for this than you realize. Go in God’s grace and peace.

   See you “out there”
   Angie=), Peoria, AZ