Comments on: What Tall Ships Can Teach The Church http://samradford.voxtropolis.com/2006/01/11/what-tall-ships-can-teach-the-church/ against.all.odds Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:18:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Sam. http://samradford.voxtropolis.com/2006/01/11/what-tall-ships-can-teach-the-church/#comment-80 Sam. Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:20:16 +0000 http://samradford.voxtropolis.com/2006/01/11/what-tall-ships-can-teach-the-church/#comment-80 Now there's a parallel! So when are we going to see you with your own VOX blog Mr Stewart? Now there’s a parallel!

So when are we going to see you with your own VOX blog Mr Stewart?

]]> By: Simon http://samradford.voxtropolis.com/2006/01/11/what-tall-ships-can-teach-the-church/#comment-79 Simon Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:03:39 +0000 http://samradford.voxtropolis.com/2006/01/11/what-tall-ships-can-teach-the-church/#comment-79 Just checking out this blog, hand another thought, when i was studying in a little coastal town called Bangor i would walk past the harbour everyday on the way home from college, I thought it a shame that so many large expensive yachts were sitting in harbour day after day and rarely seemed to be used for the purpose for which they were built! Just checking out this blog, hand another thought, when i was studying in a little coastal town called Bangor i would walk past the harbour everyday on the way home from college, I thought it a shame that so many large expensive yachts were sitting in harbour day after day and rarely seemed to be used for the purpose for which they were built!

]]> By: Sam. http://samradford.voxtropolis.com/2006/01/11/what-tall-ships-can-teach-the-church/#comment-75 Sam. Mon, 16 Jan 2006 10:11:03 +0000 http://samradford.voxtropolis.com/2006/01/11/what-tall-ships-can-teach-the-church/#comment-75 Nicolas - never said thanks for your thoughts on docks...really good stuff. Rick - great to hear from you! All the best for THE WAY...you're in our prayers. Good thoughts on wind farms by the way. Nicolas - never said thanks for your thoughts on docks…really good stuff.

Rick - great to hear from you! All the best for THE WAY…you’re in our prayers. Good thoughts on wind farms by the way.

]]> By: Sam. http://samradford.voxtropolis.com/2006/01/11/what-tall-ships-can-teach-the-church/#comment-74 Sam. Mon, 16 Jan 2006 08:25:10 +0000 http://samradford.voxtropolis.com/2006/01/11/what-tall-ships-can-teach-the-church/#comment-74 <a href="http://www.gardenofrenown.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Dave</a> posted this comment over at <a href="http://www.kingdomblog.org" rel="nofollow">kingdomblog.org</a> which I thought I'd share here: <i>Great post, and funny actually as I was watching a programme called 'Shipmates' last night and this reminded me of my time in the Royal Navy. Life on the ship was fascinating, 250 men thrown together by random draft picking and yet we all got on well (almost). We ate together, we socialised together and we slept,washed and worked together. We were a community bound by our association to the ship we were all proud to serve in, when in a foreign port, if trouble arose we would fight together, even to the point of spilling blood. Now I am not condoning the drinking and fighting, but if this is how close a group of people can become who were randomly drawn together, then how much more should those drawn by the Father of all be as one. I'm afraid that my time in the Navy was more of a community than most experiences of church I have had so far - though now I have determined that if what we have is not authentic community then I do not want it. Again great post</i> Dave posted this comment over at kingdomblog.org which I thought I’d share here:

Great post, and funny actually as I was watching a programme called ‘Shipmates’ last night and this reminded me of my time in the Royal Navy.
Life on the ship was fascinating, 250 men thrown together by random draft picking and yet we all got on well (almost). We ate together, we socialised together and we slept,washed and worked together. We were a community bound by our association to the ship we were all proud to serve in, when in a foreign port, if trouble arose we would fight together, even to the point of spilling blood.

Now I am not condoning the drinking and fighting, but if this is how close a group of people can become who were randomly drawn together, then how much more should those drawn by the Father of all be as one. I’m afraid that my time in the Navy was more of a community than most experiences of church I have had so far - though now I have determined that if what we have is not authentic community then I do not want it.

Again great post

]]> By: rick brittain http://samradford.voxtropolis.com/2006/01/11/what-tall-ships-can-teach-the-church/#comment-73 rick brittain Mon, 16 Jan 2006 02:15:03 +0000 http://samradford.voxtropolis.com/2006/01/11/what-tall-ships-can-teach-the-church/#comment-73 Sam, I got here thru Alex asking me if I had set up a vox blog yet. I saw his highlight of your post and thought I'd check it out. Dependency on wind is exactly what I talked to my group about today. Acts 1:8 - You will receive power...and be witnesses. My metaphor was the "wind farms" I see here in the western USA. The huge windmills just stand there waiting for the power of the wind to get them moving and give them purpose. Without the wind they are nothing, but with the wind, they come alive. Like us and Holy Spirit. I've been out of pocket for the past month while relocating from Tennessee to New Mexico. We're now three weeks into THE WAY and God is working. Blessings to you and congrats to your wife. Sam,
I got here thru Alex asking me if I had set up a vox blog yet. I saw his highlight of your post and thought I’d check it out. Dependency on wind is exactly what I talked to my group about today. Acts 1:8 - You will receive power…and be witnesses. My metaphor was the “wind farms” I see here in the western USA. The huge windmills just stand there waiting for the power of the wind to get them moving and give them purpose. Without the wind they are nothing, but with the wind, they come alive. Like us and Holy Spirit. I’ve been out of pocket for the past month while relocating from Tennessee to New Mexico. We’re now three weeks into THE WAY and God is working. Blessings to you and congrats to your wife.

]]> By: Sam. http://samradford.voxtropolis.com/2006/01/11/what-tall-ships-can-teach-the-church/#comment-66 Sam. Sat, 14 Jan 2006 19:19:12 +0000 http://samradford.voxtropolis.com/2006/01/11/what-tall-ships-can-teach-the-church/#comment-66 Who's going to be starting one on London, Alex? Who’s going to be starting one on London, Alex?

]]> By: Sam. http://samradford.voxtropolis.com/2006/01/11/what-tall-ships-can-teach-the-church/#comment-65 Sam. Sat, 14 Jan 2006 19:18:12 +0000 http://samradford.voxtropolis.com/2006/01/11/what-tall-ships-can-teach-the-church/#comment-65 Cool to hear what you're up to...thanks for sharing. I know that a guy called James Petticrew is going to be starting a Mosaic community in Edinburgh later this year, but I'm am not sure about the third one. Cool to hear what you’re up to…thanks for sharing. I know that a guy called James Petticrew is going to be starting a Mosaic community in Edinburgh later this year, but I’m am not sure about the third one.

]]> By: alex mcmanus http://samradford.voxtropolis.com/2006/01/11/what-tall-ships-can-teach-the-church/#comment-64 alex mcmanus Sat, 14 Jan 2006 19:17:48 +0000 http://samradford.voxtropolis.com/2006/01/11/what-tall-ships-can-teach-the-church/#comment-64 it looks like the first three mosaic communities in the UK will be in sheffield, edinburgh, london. it looks like the first three mosaic communities in the UK will be in sheffield, edinburgh, london.

]]> By: mark http://samradford.voxtropolis.com/2006/01/11/what-tall-ships-can-teach-the-church/#comment-63 mark Sat, 14 Jan 2006 19:15:38 +0000 http://samradford.voxtropolis.com/2006/01/11/what-tall-ships-can-teach-the-church/#comment-63 I should also add that I am doing my second doctorate (PhD) at the University of Plymouth and my wife and I have discussed going to the UK after Lithuania. We like Plymouth, and Devon but are open to other places. SO it is great to hear about Mosaic communities. So there is one in Sheffield, where are the other two? I should also add that I am doing my second doctorate (PhD) at the University of Plymouth and my wife and I have discussed going to the UK after Lithuania. We like Plymouth, and Devon but are open to other places. SO it is great to hear about Mosaic communities. So there is one in Sheffield, where are the other two?

]]> By: mark http://samradford.voxtropolis.com/2006/01/11/what-tall-ships-can-teach-the-church/#comment-62 mark Sat, 14 Jan 2006 19:10:54 +0000 http://samradford.voxtropolis.com/2006/01/11/what-tall-ships-can-teach-the-church/#comment-62 You can read a little more about us at http://www.hoelterhoffs.com but the short story is that my wife and I are serving at Lithuania Christian College. A university in Eastern Europe that serves students from over 17 countries, many of which are not believers. In other words, education as mission. You can also check out the university's website at http://www.lcc.lt. I am the department chair for Social Sciences and psychology professor. You can read a little more about us at http://www.hoelterhoffs.com
but the short story is that my wife and I are serving at Lithuania Christian College. A university in Eastern Europe that serves students from over 17 countries, many of which are not believers. In other words, education as mission. You can also check out the university’s website at http://www.lcc.lt. I am the department chair for Social Sciences and psychology professor.

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