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The dream in my last post was most likely brought on by some internal pressure I feel...
It's interesting to me that the crowd was divided left and right. I tend to feel like I bouce between trying to push the boundaries (for the sake of those who need that... but also for the sake of those who want that) and playing the more "conservative" element of reigning in (again, for the sake of those who need that... but also for the sake of those who want that).
So at times, it can feel a little conflicted.
Last night's theology pub was completely different than the week before. Good, but different. What was odd, was that with the exception of Jonathan and Stephanie, though we had the same number of folks there (nine, I think), it was all different people.
We didn't have the Karlis and Kellys to really stir the pot up, so in a sense, I found myself in the role of pot-stirrer, which isn't where I want to be with this particular thing we do. For theology pub, I would rather allow people's questions to come out, be discussed and kicked around, perhaps ask a few follow-up questions and then... give the orthodox view/wrap up. Discussion. Teaching. Good stuff. Mostly everyone else talking, and then a bit o' Bob. (I had conceived this as a way to help those who feel uncomfortable with the (sometimes) depth of our forum still get their theological questions asked and considered. But also as a way to teach some basic Christian concepts...
So, maybe the deal with last night was that while last week on God/the Trinity there were some good concepts to work into the discussion, with makind and sin, not quite as many? That's not to say that there isn't some good stuff there, more to say that the issues of how sin gets passed on from Adam to us and what sin is are basically somewhat esoteric and somewhat basic (in that order). So the discussion felt a little stilted. And too much Bob.
We've also somehow, through Sunday's sermon and last night taken to considering how, as a community, we deal with sin. It's a good topic, but one I feel like could easily get overplayed, and one which as Jonathan pointed out last night, really needs to be dealt with on a case by case basis.
Anyway, all that to say- Good night, bad dreams. I'm sure you psychologists out there can have some fun with these two posts.
It's interesting to me that the crowd was divided left and right. I tend to feel like I bouce between trying to push the boundaries (for the sake of those who need that... but also for the sake of those who want that) and playing the more "conservative" element of reigning in (again, for the sake of those who need that... but also for the sake of those who want that).
So at times, it can feel a little conflicted.
Last night's theology pub was completely different than the week before. Good, but different. What was odd, was that with the exception of Jonathan and Stephanie, though we had the same number of folks there (nine, I think), it was all different people.
We didn't have the Karlis and Kellys to really stir the pot up, so in a sense, I found myself in the role of pot-stirrer, which isn't where I want to be with this particular thing we do. For theology pub, I would rather allow people's questions to come out, be discussed and kicked around, perhaps ask a few follow-up questions and then... give the orthodox view/wrap up. Discussion. Teaching. Good stuff. Mostly everyone else talking, and then a bit o' Bob. (I had conceived this as a way to help those who feel uncomfortable with the (sometimes) depth of our forum still get their theological questions asked and considered. But also as a way to teach some basic Christian concepts...
So, maybe the deal with last night was that while last week on God/the Trinity there were some good concepts to work into the discussion, with makind and sin, not quite as many? That's not to say that there isn't some good stuff there, more to say that the issues of how sin gets passed on from Adam to us and what sin is are basically somewhat esoteric and somewhat basic (in that order). So the discussion felt a little stilted. And too much Bob.
We've also somehow, through Sunday's sermon and last night taken to considering how, as a community, we deal with sin. It's a good topic, but one I feel like could easily get overplayed, and one which as Jonathan pointed out last night, really needs to be dealt with on a case by case basis.
Anyway, all that to say- Good night, bad dreams. I'm sure you psychologists out there can have some fun with these two posts.
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