tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761538946854485154.post5884441079396759333..comments2024-03-11T03:02:29.875-06:00Comments on Simple Massing Priest: Elevator Speech EvangelismMalcolm+http://www.blogger.com/profile/08469936715413110334noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761538946854485154.post-19108986614958808482014-03-30T08:10:28.656-06:002014-03-30T08:10:28.656-06:00There aren't too many grain elevators left, bu...There aren't too many grain elevators left, but one never knows where or when we'll need to give the speech.Malcolm+https://www.blogger.com/profile/08469936715413110334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761538946854485154.post-29151957268404387712014-03-30T08:09:08.470-06:002014-03-30T08:09:08.470-06:00The "whoever you are ..." piece is nicke...The "whoever you are ..." piece is nicked (and maybe modified) from Ed Bacon at All Saints, Pasadena - although I have the sense its provenance may go back further. Malcolm+https://www.blogger.com/profile/08469936715413110334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761538946854485154.post-24683200581146997452014-03-30T07:46:30.084-06:002014-03-30T07:46:30.084-06:00I nicked that from Sheldon Vanauken's 'A S...I nicked that from Sheldon Vanauken's 'A Severe Mercy'. 'Freely I steal, freely I give'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761538946854485154.post-82244068894195874032014-03-30T03:32:38.436-06:002014-03-30T03:32:38.436-06:00Tim, I agree with Malcolm in especially enjoying t...Tim, I agree with Malcolm in especially enjoying the way your write of God writing himself into tge story. I also particularly liked the line, "Together we're learning to see life as Jesus sees it and to live life as he taught it." which captures a lot in a sentence.Frank Loguehttp://loosecanon.georgiaepiscopal.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761538946854485154.post-29869069591834851002014-03-30T03:29:01.569-06:002014-03-30T03:29:01.569-06:00I like it and hope you don't need to give it a...I like it and hope you don't need to give it a grain elevator. I especially enjoyed, "Whoever you are, wherever you've come from, wherever you are on your journey of faith, you are welcome to journey with us."<br /><br />Thanks for taking on this challenge.Frank Loguehttp://loosecanon.georgiaepiscopal.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761538946854485154.post-48732192844908737952014-03-29T22:40:03.461-06:002014-03-29T22:40:03.461-06:00Tim, I particularly like the part about God writin...Tim, I particularly like the part about God writing himself into the story as one of the characters.Malcolm+https://www.blogger.com/profile/08469936715413110334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761538946854485154.post-39788105769034749292014-03-29T20:57:40.893-06:002014-03-29T20:57:40.893-06:00Here's my attempt; it will appear on my blog t...Here's my attempt; it will appear on my blog tomorrow morning:<br /><br /><i>I'm a Christian, which means that I believe that God, who created absolutely everything that exists, loved this world so much that he came to live among us as one of us; that's who Jesus is. God was like the author of a story who, at a certain point in time, decided to write himself into his story as one of the characters, to show them what he is like and to save them from the mess they had made of his story. We believe that the life, death and resurrection of Jesus show us that God loves us so much he accepts us just as we are, but he loves us too much to leave us there.<br /><br />To become a baptized Christian is to join the community who believe that Jesus shows us what God is like and what human life is meant to be like. Together we're learning to see life as Jesus sees it and to live life as he taught it. As we do that, we're participating in a gradual process of transforming the world. God has promised us that one day this process will be complete, and the world will be restored to the glory and wonder he had in mind when he first created it.<br /><br />Our community gathers each week to pray, to learn, and to support each other as followers of Jesus. We then go out to spread the love of God by our words and our actions.</i><br /><br />I suspect that the wording is still too full of jargon, and makes far more sense to me than it would to the average unchurched person who might be hearing it. Good challenge, though.<br /><br /> - Tim C.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761538946854485154.post-40360471463827663022014-03-29T07:15:15.635-06:002014-03-29T07:15:15.635-06:00Nicely done. You're right though. Try to say...Nicely done. You're right though. Try to say that in the Elevator in the Leg :-) Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15285095210934714859noreply@blogger.com