tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265511791146423221.post8286344450967902049..comments2023-10-28T02:59:37.028-07:00Comments on E m e r g i n g ...Q u a k e r i s m ..L i t e r a t u r e ..R e l i g i o n ... L i f e: Claiborne: to activism, add love, mustard seedsDianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12396312339372162866noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-265511791146423221.post-28580187197151665712008-05-14T17:59:00.000-07:002008-05-14T17:59:00.000-07:00Well, faith isn't a matter of just logically follo...Well, faith isn't a matter of just logically following a neat set of rules and principles. If we try to figure it out for ourselves, we're pretty sure to go wrong.<BR/><BR/>It's about staying connected with the Living Christ, and letting Him guide us. This isn't in isolation but in community with others, even including those at a distance through such things as writing.<BR/><BR/>We can do being small well or poorly. It can be a faithful living out of our calling, or an excuse to avoid our calling. Same for being big. I think there's a place for different scales of operation.<BR/><BR/>I've heard Charles Schmidt preach on Acts 5:42 - <I>Day after day, in the temple courts and from house to house, they never stopped teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Christ.</I> - indicating that it shows mega-churches and house fellowships not as contradictions but as different aspects of the body of Christ.Bill Samuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00752443575410023776noreply@blogger.com