tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310341511050898256.post497172345990447102..comments2023-10-26T06:15:59.763-07:00Comments on Holy Roaming Empire: Twurch?Trucker Frankhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04234861618812686739noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310341511050898256.post-10412006831002239952009-01-23T22:02:00.000-08:002009-01-23T22:02:00.000-08:00LOL "Nation of Texas" - now that i live in Austin ...LOL "Nation of Texas" - now that i live in Austin that is rather true... and we often joke about that... ok, that aside, Yup dude, i've pondered the same questions. I don't tend to fit into "system orientations" so "church" in the traditional sense.. never quite made sense to me. Though i'm eternally grateful, quite literally, for the amazing teaching and understanding that comes and came from things like "sunday school" and going to a Catholic School early on... did give me a understanding of "mystery". Have to laugh there, since anytime i asked a question that the nuns couldn't answer they would give me the proverbial "that's a mystery" answer... which always made me go deeper and ask another annoying question which lead to this revolving door drama of being sent to the principals office and a note being sent home to my parents. Hmmm guess that is still happening ;-) For me - bottom line is the Incarnation... the "mystery of the Gospel" - indwelling of Holy Spirit... Body of Christ... is with out walls, but holds a frame. Is it scriptural to meet in homes, yup- in the big Temple (like the mega church in Jerusalem)- yup...... at "Wells" aka Pubs.... yup in Tents guess ask Moses ... yup.... aka Festivals ... on Mountain Tops or in a Field - yup. 2 or more are gathered thing... yup.... Solitude in the desert.. yup cuz even when we are "alone" we still have Daddio - The Kid and The Spook.. so we are not alone. <BR/>So Twitter, Blogging, the "facebook of life", MySpace and all the like are to me extensions of the "Front Porch" of our lives. If you come to my cyber door and we sit on the porch for a glass of wine and some bread we can have communion. ---- and guess what, sometimes we can hang in person... like say at a Cracker Barrel when you get a face book message that "someone" who shall be a nameless trucker, says they are passing thru Austin!<BR/>Ok, i'll go back to watching The Catherine Tate Show... <BR/>blessings my dear! oh, did you go to my blog and see the pics of my pup... ain't she a doll!<BR/>Muah!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09377743062247627927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310341511050898256.post-29755162982831441122008-12-12T21:36:00.000-08:002008-12-12T21:36:00.000-08:00Frank,I am glad that you took the plunge and and s...Frank,<BR/><BR/>I am glad that you took the plunge and and started rattling the keyboard with ideas about how we can be the church or twurch or whatever it means to try to follow after Christ in community in this wicked, crazy ass, beautiful world along the strange road called life. You are a part of my church... or twurch (even though I haven't taken up the Twitter thing). Thanks for breakfast in Joetown.glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14924305177356310590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310341511050898256.post-50558625298186567692008-12-09T05:16:00.000-08:002008-12-09T05:16:00.000-08:00Hey Frank!...just checking in!JHey Frank!<BR/><BR/>...just checking in!<BR/><BR/>JJohnnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07253627576634506407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310341511050898256.post-72589769348192280192008-12-06T15:28:00.000-08:002008-12-06T15:28:00.000-08:00It's funny, but in my last bout of depression it w...It's funny, but in my last bout of depression it was my twurch who pulled me out faster than ever before. I did talk to a couple at the Sunday morning gathering we are a part of, and got encouragement there as well. But in my frustration over the situation we were in, I ran to the computer and was amazed at what I found at twurch. Rather than having this group of people all stick up for me, take my side, and enter into some kind of bashing party upon my dear husband, they spoke to me as if they knew us both (whereas so far only Frank knows us both - the rest only know me). They encouraged me in ways that brought me to humility and repentance rather than further separation from my dh. I was shocked, but relieved; and astounded how quickly I recovered from the depression I had started to once again sink into. My marital problems aren't magically solved, for we have an enemy who seeks to destroy marriage above almost all else, but we are far better off today because of my twurch friends.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310341511050898256.post-69234906660081773472008-12-06T11:41:00.000-08:002008-12-06T11:41:00.000-08:00Love it!Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I'm look...Love it!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I'm looking forward to seeing the thoughts of others...<BR/><BR/>JDBlundell<BR/>From the Nation of Texas!Jonathan Blundellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00060358006682648595noreply@blogger.com