Comments on: Preaching or Practice? (April Synchroblog) http://www.lainiepetersen.com/2008/04/16/preaching-or-practice-april-synchroblog/ Writer, Priest, Tea-Lady Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:47:56 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Paul http://www.lainiepetersen.com/2008/04/16/preaching-or-practice-april-synchroblog/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Paul Fri, 25 Apr 2008 08:23:50 +0000 http://www.lainiepetersen.com/?p=44#comment-48 mmmm interesting... i wonder how much the preaching informs the action and the action informs the preaching - and even then could be that even the best social activists are making limited choices based on teaching that is skewed to reflect a a certain class, theology, understanding, perspective etc... How is the teaching/teacher challenged? How do we rediscover to learn/learners? How do we break the artificial distinction i like to make between being and doing, reflection and action? mmmm interesting…

i wonder how much the preaching informs the action and the action informs the preaching – and even then could be that even the best social activists are making limited choices based on teaching that is skewed to reflect a a certain class, theology, understanding, perspective etc…

How is the teaching/teacher challenged?

How do we rediscover to learn/learners?

How do we break the artificial distinction i like to make between being and doing, reflection and action?

]]> By: Matt Stone http://www.lainiepetersen.com/2008/04/16/preaching-or-practice-april-synchroblog/comment-page-1/#comment-28 Matt Stone Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:29:59 +0000 http://www.lainiepetersen.com/?p=44#comment-28 You've got me thinking now. On the one hand I think you've got a point there with the preaching, but on the other I'm thinking, what about all the social justice churches? Maybe we could say, well they're the ones that emphasize sacraments over preaching, but then, there are some right wing Catholic churches around the traps too. Hmmm. You’ve got me thinking now. On the one hand I think you’ve got a point there with the preaching, but on the other I’m thinking, what about all the social justice churches? Maybe we could say, well they’re the ones that emphasize sacraments over preaching, but then, there are some right wing Catholic churches around the traps too. Hmmm.

]]> By: Bryan Riley http://www.lainiepetersen.com/2008/04/16/preaching-or-practice-april-synchroblog/comment-page-1/#comment-27 Bryan Riley Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:07:07 +0000 http://www.lainiepetersen.com/?p=44#comment-27 In my original denomination it seemed that preaching was Christianity. Moreover, if you were to do something for God it would be to go to seminary and become a preacher. If you were a woman, well, then i suppose you could work the nursery or children's ministry, likely because a man wouldn't go there. Now, as I read that it sounds a bit harsh, but there definitely was a focus on preaching and not doing. Teaching Jesus' commands and teaching God's written revelation clearly is important, but one can't know it and teach it and not see that it tells us to do it as well. In my original denomination it seemed that preaching was Christianity. Moreover, if you were to do something for God it would be to go to seminary and become a preacher. If you were a woman, well, then i suppose you could work the nursery or children’s ministry, likely because a man wouldn’t go there.

Now, as I read that it sounds a bit harsh, but there definitely was a focus on preaching and not doing. Teaching Jesus’ commands and teaching God’s written revelation clearly is important, but one can’t know it and teach it and not see that it tells us to do it as well.

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