tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9632072.post116363061009277607..comments2023-09-25T09:37:40.536-07:00Comments on kairos : kisses: Adding UpAndrew Dowsetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05417088521258450446noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9632072.post-1163774227255977612006-11-17T06:37:00.000-08:002006-11-17T06:37:00.000-08:00Si - that's a very interesting thought, and one th...Si - that's a very interesting thought, and one that I want to reflect on further before answering fully.<BR/><BR/>But my initial thoughts are that the church (in general, in England) has invested a lot in being relevant *enough* in relation to style(s) of worship, but very little in terms of being relevant to people's everyday experience of life.<BR/><BR/>I'd also say that the pursuit of culturally relevant worship is at its worst consumerism, but at its best is in part a pursuit of integrity on our part (that we are offering worship from ourselves, rather than the worship of some previous generation) and in part a pursuit of missionary self-sacrifice (that we lay down a style of worship that has value to us because we recognise that it is a stumbling block rather than an aid for those around us to approach God).<BR/><BR/>More thoughts later...Andrew Dowsetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05417088521258450446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9632072.post-1163672545140211832006-11-16T02:22:00.000-08:002006-11-16T02:22:00.000-08:00Mmmmm,That's a very depressing set of statistics. ...Mmmmm,<BR/><BR/>That's a very depressing set of statistics. Do you think that part of the problem with the Church in general (I'm not referring specifically to Sheffield) is that having got into a consumer society mode we now are stuck in consumer Church mode, ie. we need to constantly present ourselves as being relevant *enough* to people, we need to make it clear that they will get *enough* out of it - and then we fail and they get disillusioned. Rather than showing that Christianity is the most relevant thing in the world, and that it is at it's most fulfilling and glorious when it involves commitment to the Church? Not really sure, just thinkign out loud I guess!Sihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01715857293261524842noreply@blogger.com