tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942193162024963014.post3912038286115532941..comments2024-01-31T07:32:27.987-08:00Comments on Keys of the Heart: Another "gem" from LarknewsJeanohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00799442136148169418noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942193162024963014.post-39834887939006761022009-03-06T13:28:00.000-08:002009-03-06T13:28:00.000-08:00What's sad is that the "Virtual Pastor" thing real...What's sad is that the "Virtual Pastor" thing really comes close to reality in some ways. <BR/>Thanks for visiting my blog. <BR/>Check Jim's out at: http://crossroadsofexeter.blogspot.com/2009/03/wooden-style.htmlJeanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00799442136148169418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942193162024963014.post-37375886807351759472009-03-06T13:06:00.000-08:002009-03-06T13:06:00.000-08:00And I thought it was hard to find a pastorate befo...And I thought it was hard to find a pastorate before. I guess those of us who are trying to be REAL and AUTHENTHIC (especially for all those post-moderns out there) pastors don't have a chance anymore. Perhaps I can earn some money "posing" to be one of their on-screen avatars.<BR/><BR/>Love your blog, Jean.Joe Lombardihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01415566250679498453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942193162024963014.post-41228038758940021752009-03-06T07:54:00.000-08:002009-03-06T07:54:00.000-08:00*cough**cough*Jeanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00799442136148169418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942193162024963014.post-78427490378288732682009-03-06T02:48:00.000-08:002009-03-06T02:48:00.000-08:00"The result is a pastor perfectly tailored to the ..."The result is a pastor perfectly tailored to the will of the congregation."<BR/><BR/>What a scary thought!! I know this is not real but there are some who would truly like their pastor to be tailored to their will.Alida Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07640849066159985893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942193162024963014.post-24262593805500033012009-03-04T12:51:00.000-08:002009-03-04T12:51:00.000-08:00Yeah, it is a joke, but there is a ring of truth t...Yeah, it is a joke, but there is a ring of truth to it!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for reading my blog, by the way!Jeanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00799442136148169418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942193162024963014.post-3503216596616130232009-03-04T12:37:00.000-08:002009-03-04T12:37:00.000-08:00OMGoodness...this is a joke....right?!?!Maybe we c...OMGoodness...this is a joke....right?!?!<BR/><BR/>Maybe we can do the same thing for the Bible and get rid of all those pesky rules.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13716619994168402985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942193162024963014.post-6029171345565417382009-03-04T12:35:00.000-08:002009-03-04T12:35:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13716619994168402985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5942193162024963014.post-48092118519119756312009-03-04T09:04:00.000-08:002009-03-04T09:04:00.000-08:00I couldn't resist adding this comment from another...I couldn't resist adding this comment from another post. It rings true.<BR/><BR/>"Well James, I realized very early on that the best way to avoid being impacted by a sermon is to analyze it. I knew that if I could pretend I was there to study it and dissect it from the outside, I could save myself all the hassle of actually learning and applying the message to my life.<BR/><BR/>James Lipton:<BR/>So instead of being a participant in the worship experience, you’re an observer?<BR/><BR/>Me:<BR/>Yes, exactly, although in that last sentence I would have worked a little harder to achieve alliteration. You could have easily said, "So instead of being a participant, you can be a pretender?"<BR/><BR/>James Lipton:<BR/>But is that what you are doing? When you critique, are you really pretending?<BR/><BR/>Me:<BR/>Good question. Some people do discuss the sermon because they want to learn from it. For me, I'm just trying to pretend I am listening and look super duper holy. To that end, I find there are a few phrases every master complainer must know:<BR/><BR/>1. I'm just not being fed.<BR/>What a fantastic way to look as if you're more spiritual than the pastor himself.<BR/><BR/>2. That message was not meant for me.<BR/>You are so generous to have sat there patiently while someone else that needed that sermon was able to receive it. What kindness.<BR/><BR/>3. That didn't feel like church.<BR/>What a perfect smokescreen of vagueness. How can anyone argue with your feeling? What does that even mean? More organ? Less organ? Better lasers? No lasers?<BR/><BR/>4. There wasn't enough Bible in that for me. That felt like a business leadership book.<BR/>What's enough? No one knows, which is why this is such a gem.<BR/><BR/>5. I'm not sure that sermon works in a postmodern world.<BR/>I'm not even sure I know what the word "postmodern" means, but it's fun to say. Few things make you look smarter than repeating this word. Repeatedly.<BR/><BR/>James Lipton:<BR/>A master at work, truly a master at work. In closing, I'd like to leave you with a thought Drew Barrymore shared with me: “I've always said that one night, I'm going to find myself in some field somewhere, I'm standing on grass, and it's raining, and I'm with the person I love, and I know I'm at the very point I've been dreaming of getting to.”<BR/><BR/>Me:<BR/>What? That's how we're wrapping up this fictional conversation?"Jeanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00799442136148169418noreply@blogger.com