Comments on: From the Mental Vine http://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/08/from-the-mental-vine.html Looking for the 1st century Church in 21st century America Sun, 12 Feb 2012 12:37:15 +0000 hourly 1 By: Blog Highlight: Cerulean Sanctum « Musings of a Wannabe Muserhttp://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/08/from-the-mental-vine.html#comment-29208 Blog Highlight: Cerulean Sanctum « Musings of a Wannabe Muser Fri, 10 Aug 2007 01:56:40 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/08/from-the-mental-vine.html#comment-29208 [...] his most recent post, Dan deals with Christians who refuse to go beyond their denominational walls, gives a good word to [...] [...] his most recent post, Dan deals with Christians who refuse to go beyond their denominational walls, gives a good word to [...]

]]> By: scotthttp://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/08/from-the-mental-vine.html#comment-29094 scott Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:32:44 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/08/from-the-mental-vine.html#comment-29094 Not sure how geezerly you are, but I'm 36 and these guys speak to me, especially Todd Agnew (it was Agnew, not Heath who does Family) who sings and writes much older than he is. Give him a spin, I don't think you'll be sorry, but of course your mileage may vary. http://www.toddagnew.com/v2/media/ Not sure how geezerly you are, but I’m 36 and these guys speak to me, especially Todd Agnew (it was Agnew, not Heath who does Family) who sings and writes much older than he is. Give him a spin, I don’t think you’ll be sorry, but of course your mileage may vary. http://www.toddagnew.com/v2/media/

]]> By: David Rigginshttp://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/08/from-the-mental-vine.html#comment-29051 David Riggins Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:08:42 +0000 http://ceruleansanctum.com/2007/08/from-the-mental-vine.html#comment-29051 It would be great, wouldn't it, if we could look at one part of the body and judge the health or illness of the rest? I don't think of myself as a particularly healthy member of the body, but at least I am seeking health. I weep for those who, whether by disillusion, disembling, or simple lethargy, have stopped living. This little body is a torn family, whose members have expectations, desires, habits...that fall between the blossom of health and intensive care. Most bodies are like that, I think. What happens when the majority are sick, some unto death? <em>Some</em> of the members of our church did not want the pastor and his wife. To me, it's like seeking to change the faucet because one doesn't like the taste of the water. They made enough noise that God could no longer be heard. So I wonder, and have for some time, whether to stay and encourage change in those few, or to shake the dust from my shoes, and seek out the fellowship of believers? It would be great, wouldn’t it, if we could look at one part of the body and judge the health or illness of the rest? I don’t think of myself as a particularly healthy member of the body, but at least I am seeking health. I weep for those who, whether by disillusion, disembling, or simple lethargy, have stopped living. This little body is a torn family, whose members have expectations, desires, habits…that fall between the blossom of health and intensive care. Most bodies are like that, I think. What happens when the majority are sick, some unto death?

Some of the members of our church did not want the pastor and his wife. To me, it’s like seeking to change the faucet because one doesn’t like the taste of the water. They made enough noise that God could no longer be heard.

So I wonder, and have for some time, whether to stay and encourage change in those few, or to shake the dust from my shoes, and seek out the fellowship of believers?

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