Comments on: Listen More, Talk Less

By: Ed Bahler

Ed Bahler — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:36:52 +0000

Hey Marla…..sorry so slow to respond.

I love every one of your ideas and interests. Its the kind of activity vital to reinvent ministry in a Google age!

Thanks for all your contributions the last 9 months. We have to meet sometime!

By: Marla Saunders

Marla Saunders — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:05:22 +0000

Loved this post, Ed. You always make me stop and ponder things I’d just pass right over otherwise.

If I could improve my church I would…
*Get people to go to a fast food restaurant one night a week predictably, so that others could join them there if they wanted to. Hospitality isn’t about fancy foods, just time.
*Open up homes (same reasoning) not for Bible studies, but for life.
*Find a way to get people to leave their public persona’s at the door.
*Hang out in the lobby or coffee bar at church and be available.
*Relax and realize that not one church meets all needs….we don’t have to force it on people.

By: The Church Bartender

The Church Bartender — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 00:52:33 +0000

Discipleship happens when we are doing life together – as we walk, sit, live, work, and play together. We still set up the majority of our church ‘services’ and programs in a thousand year old set up of one speaker with a bunch of listeners………same in our school systems.

I just watch an amazing movie called Freedom Writers – with Hilary Swank. You need to see this. So much to gain from it: generational, ratial, gender tension and reconcilliation. It’s based on a true story…..

And yes, much of the problems in the movie can be traced back to a lack of listening….