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Comment on Help Out in Haiti: Outreach International Needs Long-Term Volunteers by Berni dela Cruz

Berni dela Cruz — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:12:09 +0000

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Comment on A Real Gift: Community of Christ Commercials by Jennifer Mendez

Jennifer Mendez — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:44:27 +0000

What I found refreshing about your blog especially this one on the commercial is the very fact that its based only in the Kansas City media market when it could also do some amount of good in other media markets across the nation and especially for now where congregations are high in number not in attendance per se but in actual physical congregational locales.

I have been attending Community of Christ now for the better part of some five to six years now and this is the very first commercial of its kind airing.

I am of the opinion and or view however that it would do the church further good by raising itself out of obscurity for which is where the church has seen itself for many generations and many years now.

Outreach International has more commercials and airtime which I do understand as to why, but is spread the word of Christ I would think it bares in mind that spreading the name of the church and its message with the tools of media would be of essence conducted in a proper light and in good timing.

~Jennifer

Comment on A Real Gift: Community of Christ Commercials by Rich Brown

Rich Brown — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:26:02 +0000

Matt: I appreciate you presenting this, which offered me a heads-up to the commercials before I saw one on local TV here in the Kansas City area. I agree: they are impressively created and produced. My first thought was to wonder just how welcoming my own congregation really is to the wide variety of folks who have all-too-often been received with hesitation or irritation by churches (both within our own tradition and elsewhere) in the past.

It subsequently got me thinking about just how radical the shift is to move from being a faith community that polices the borders of truth/acceptability to one that wanders on the margins looking for opportunities to minister in the name of Christ–certainly a risky enterprise. Of course, that in turn raises a host of issues related to beliefs, theologies, practices, and perspectives.

Today’s Community of Christ is becoming a church that would be unrecognizable and maybe even unintelligible to the generation of my RLDS grandparents, much less to generations before that. (Keep in mind that I see that as a good thing.) And I find myself hoping that two or three generations ahead will say something similar about my own Boomer generation. And yet there is still a (somewhat mysterious) continuity over all that time that we need to try to articulate far better than we’ve been able to do up to now.

Comment on A Real Gift: Community of Christ Commercials by bewarethechicken

bewarethechicken — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:31:44 +0000

Interesting that the commerical features a mixed race couple, who 40 years ago, would not have been permitted to marry in the State of Missouri, and who, I suspect, the chruch would have denied marriage to as well, being against the law of the land. And while a gay man is featured, you only know this if you know him – there are no gay couples.

Probably very appropriate.

Comment on Would a CofC Bishop Get Arrested for Occupy Wall Street? by stan chaz

stan chaz — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 23:16:17 +0000

Re Occupy & Trinity Church: You don’t need to be religious to understand -and embrace- the idea that “Whatsoever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” But many of the 1%, in blind greed and endless schemes, have forgotten this. They have closed their eyes to what the word “society” should really mean, what it can mean. But due to Occupy Wall Street, we are finally talking less about CUTS and more about BLEEDING. Instead of demanding m-o-r-e budget cuts -to be borne by the middle class and poor- we are FINALLY focusing on the shameful bleeding that the poor and middle class has endured, for all too long. Instead of talking about even m-o-r-e cuts in the taxes of millionaires….we are now talking about fairness and justice – about an economy and a political system that is increasingly run for the rich, and by the rich. Instead of talking about LESS government, we are talking about a government that WORKS FOR ALL OF US, not just a favored few. Thank you OWS, for reminding us that people -ordinary working people- really DO matter, and for helping open our eyes to what’s going on in this country, and why. The attempt by OWS to occupy Duarte Square (the empty lot owned by Trinity Church) is much more than a plea for sanctuary. For like Zuccotti Park, it’s an attempt to carve out a protected space, a living conscience for the city, amid the repression. A refuge…in a city where control-freaks would sweep us under the rug, and out of the way. In a city where they would pen us in, and permit us to death. In a city that tells us to “move on, move on”….. you don’t belong, you don’t count, you don’t have a right to be here…don’t assemble, don’t block the street, don’t trespass, don’t EXIST! They would deny us, deny our lives, deny our very futures. IF WE LET THEM. But OWS responds, both in word and in DEED: it says we’ve had ENOUGH – we BELONG, we STAND our ground, and we DO matter! This IS our land, and we want it BACK! The word OCCUPY…says it all! That’s why OWS has captured our imagination. That’s why a living breathing OCCUPIED public space is important for OWS. Like Lady Liberty’s never extinguished torch that burns in our harbor, OWS needs to have a concrete, persistent, in-your-face presence.. ..to continually remind us of what we’ve lost, of what we are, and what we can be; a protected place to affirm, to illuminate, to defy…and to inspire. Trinity Church, with its oft-proclaimed ideals (and its huge land holdings), should look deep into its collective soul, do the right thing, and help OWS secure a sanctuary. Not merely a space of refuge, but one of hope, non-violent change, and compassion. And dare I say: a space of love – love of country, love of your fellow man and woman, love for the poor and oppressed. Can thoughtful Christians argue with these simple Christian / human values? For if Christ were physically with us today, as He was 2000 years ago, He would be among the FIRST to climb those fences, and occupy Trinity’s Duarte Square. Of this I am certain. Let us pray that Trinity Church -and others -hear the call, and respond. For the old ways are not working…

Comment on Would a CofC Bishop Get Arrested for Occupy Wall Street? by mattfrizzell

mattfrizzell — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:56:11 +0000

Of course, we should interact with the Occupy movement. There is a lot to work to do not just protesting economic disparity, but also rebuilding the fabric of our society.

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Comment on How Should the Church Interact with the Occupy Movement? by Kathy S.

Kathy S. — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 15:25:02 +0000

Great discussion. I’m mentioning the Occupy Movement in the context of the Christmas story in my preaching today. Not because of the posts, but they do bolster my resolve. . . Thanks for keeping the discussion going. I agree with the need to focus on directly helping others outside our walls, and our need to stop hiding and have self-confidence in who we are. PRAXIS!