Unlikely Friends

Have you ever had an unlikely friendship? I'd love to hear about it! There have been people in my life that I never thought I'd be friends. These are relationships that are incredibly special to me. One was with someone I met at a prenatal class. She and her boyfriend were expecting twins. Her twin boys were born too early and they died. They were due at the same time Rachel was due. Looking back I wonder how she could have been friends with me. All I cared about was fixing her life. I learned to just care about her and let God worry about the rest. I'm thankful that God loved me so much that He would help me to pull my head out of my butt.

Maybe that wouldn't be an unlikely friendship for you, but for me (eight years ago) it was.

Let's hear it gang. Fill me in on some of the unlikely relationships you're in or have been in.

Audience or Church?

In Michael Frost's book, "Exiles - Living Missionally in a Post-Christian Culture", he states that uses the following exercise in his seminars. He has the participants take a piece of paper and with a line down the middle title the columns 'Audience' and 'Church'. Here is what this list most often looks like:










So what are your thoughts on this? How do you see yourself?

What do I NEED to know?

Brad has asked to have a new thread started on the topic you discussed last night with Pastor Gerry. I'm really interested on hearing your perspectives, having not been able to attend.

So what Brad really wants to know is your answer to the question of a non-believer 'What do I NEED to know?" Here is his post, so you don't have to go back to look for it. . . .

Brad said...
I'm going to hijack this thread to start a discussion on something from last night (perhaps whomever is organizing this blogature would be so kind as to start a seperate topic on it?).Last night we watched a clip from the National in which a reporter went around to a bunch of churches exploring and asking questions. It was in no way confrontational or deceiving...he was asking legitimate questions that any non-believer would have. The one question he asked everyone but was never answered was "What do I NEED to know?"Ie. What do I, as a non-believer, NEED to know from you that would make me change my beliefs or at least consider Jesus' message?So what I want to know is how people would answer that question if it was asked to them by a non-believer.
April 13, 2007 10:38 AM