Tomorrow in blogging terms is whenever I post again. So from last week today is tomorrow.
I'm working on two longer posts (to be broken down later)--one on the word love and how it is used, and another about linguistics (nothing technical; I just want to talk about languages).
Here, I want to write more directly about something. I'm tired of Sundays. My church is nice enough, but still I'm tired. I'm tired because sermons are speeches and not conversations, and there seems to be no place for me to speak freely. Not that I'm qualified; I'm not a trained pastor, full of theological nuances. But there is no place for me, not in any Sunday school, and it drives me crazy when I hear broad, unqualified and sometimes untrue statements and I cannot counter the statements. These statements can be made by anyone (and I can make them too), but think that they are made too often at church. We need simpler conversations that allow for nuance and questions and clarity. These sort of conversations will bring us closer to the truth.
Also, never use "dialogue" to refer to actual speech. If you use it as a verb, you will go to a special hell. The problem in using it to refer to actual speech is that is now what the word means. It means written speech to spoken by actors in a play or characters in a book. If you use it to refer to live, unrehearsed speech (supposedly), you do it a disservice, and imply that you cannot speak freely.
And finally...
I like clarity. One of my friends wants revolution. I want introspection. I guess it wouldn't be a much of a surprise that my heroes are people like Kierkegaard and Dostoevsky.
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I think you are right on with the need for conversation in the church. The church that Gabe and I go to, City Church, is pretty good about conversing. People ask questions in the middle of things there all the time. But there could still be more.
I mean, it's like school. In the classes where the teacher knew none of the students and there were 30 kids, no one discussed anything. We just listened and took notes because the teacher was going and going and going. No time to process. But in the small group-ish English classes with my favorite professors, we all discussed the entire time. Naturally, those things that I was able to process out loud with others and get their feedback and opinions are the things that I have the greatest understanding of.
I think it would help if the Church had a deeper commitment to living, like as in doing things together, together. Then more opportunities to be comfortable around each other would occur and everyone would feel like conversation was part of being together, not just listening.
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