Comments on: little pockets of love http://kathyescobar.com/2009/11/16/little-pockets-of-love/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=little-pockets-of-love Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:04:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: little pockets of freedom – kathy escobar « Rough-Hewn http://kathyescobar.com/2009/11/16/little-pockets-of-love/#comment-14763 little pockets of freedom – kathy escobar « Rough-Hewn Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:04:27 +0000 http://kathyescobar.com/?p=2487#comment-14763 [...] the same way i think churches should just be little pockets of love, i think that pockets of love aren’t really possible without first being a pocket of [...] [...] the same way i think churches should just be little pockets of love, i think that pockets of love aren’t really possible without first being a pocket of [...]

]]> By: kathyescobar http://kathyescobar.com/2009/11/16/little-pockets-of-love/#comment-3035 kathyescobar Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:28:21 +0000 http://kathyescobar.com/?p=2487#comment-3035 brian - oh yeah i missed that one... tammy - oh i am so with you, i agree 100% and there is probably nothing i am more passionate about. thanks for clarifying brian – oh yeah i missed that one…

tammy – oh i am so with you, i agree 100% and there is probably nothing i am more passionate about. thanks for clarifying

]]> By: Tammy http://kathyescobar.com/2009/11/16/little-pockets-of-love/#comment-3018 Tammy Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:51:30 +0000 http://kathyescobar.com/?p=2487#comment-3018 It's a rhetorical question. Are we, the church willing to go to all the places Jesus goes, the dark corners of the world - to the damaged, unlovely, lonely people, people who appear to have nothing to offer, and not just to the pretty people - those like us, people we want to be with, people who have something to offer us? The question may appear to be directed at you specifically, but is actually directed to all of us who follow Jesus. It’s a rhetorical question. Are we, the church willing to go to all the places Jesus goes, the dark corners of the world – to the damaged, unlovely, lonely people, people who appear to have nothing to offer, and not just to the pretty people – those like us, people we want to be with, people who have something to offer us? The question may appear to be directed at you specifically, but is actually directed to all of us who follow Jesus.

]]> By: tysdaddy http://kathyescobar.com/2009/11/16/little-pockets-of-love/#comment-3017 tysdaddy Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:00:53 +0000 http://kathyescobar.com/?p=2487#comment-3017 I watched Towelhead last night. Very disturbing . . . I watched Towelhead last night. Very disturbing . . .

]]> By: kathyescobar http://kathyescobar.com/2009/11/16/little-pockets-of-love/#comment-3012 kathyescobar Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:08:50 +0000 http://kathyescobar.com/?p=2487#comment-3012 <strong>randi</strong> - thanks for sharing your heart. i do think there are so many obstacles to love. so much easier to craft a sermon, put together a band & cultivate a program. oh so many thoughts on family, too, but i think the bottom line that you hit on is that it is hard to do. easy to say. hard to do. we are all being confronted with this in so many ways...love & hope to you from afar! <strong>margret</strong> - thanks for your thoughts & glad you're digging communitas collective & voca femina, too. <strong>tammy</strong> - thanks for taking time to comment. i agree with you--you are being "the church" in the places you are. it doesn't have any of the things many associate with the word "church" but it sure is a full expression of the body of Christ...i don't really get your question, it sounded like you meant "you're going part of the way but you need to go all the way" but i don't want to put words in your mouth. i guess i'm always a little leery of weighing what "all the way" means because everyone's in a different spot, with different people, called to different things. i'd love to hear what you meant. <strong> kellen</strong> - thanks for the RT <strong>sage</strong> - thanks for your thoughts & question. i do think that great divide needs much work, oh i hope in our little small way we are building bridges toward it. <strong>mark</strong> - oh you always make me smile! i miss you & finally have my reader set back up after switching computers. hugs back to you across the miles.... <strong>robert </strong>- thanks for your thoughts & yes, i hope that more and more pockets of love are created. many probably won't look like "church" but they sure will extend Christ's love & hope & peace in some amazing ways. <strong>brian</strong> - oh you will dig it. it's hard but really really good. come hang anytime, it would be so fun! glad you liked away we go, too, that was a sweet little movie. have you seen any other good ones lately? randi – thanks for sharing your heart. i do think there are so many obstacles to love. so much easier to craft a sermon, put together a band & cultivate a program. oh so many thoughts on family, too, but i think the bottom line that you hit on is that it is hard to do. easy to say. hard to do. we are all being confronted with this in so many ways…love & hope to you from afar!

margret – thanks for your thoughts & glad you’re digging communitas collective & voca femina, too.

tammy – thanks for taking time to comment. i agree with you–you are being “the church” in the places you are. it doesn’t have any of the things many associate with the word “church” but it sure is a full expression of the body of Christ…i don’t really get your question, it sounded like you meant “you’re going part of the way but you need to go all the way” but i don’t want to put words in your mouth. i guess i’m always a little leery of weighing what “all the way” means because everyone’s in a different spot, with different people, called to different things. i’d love to hear what you meant.

kellen – thanks for the RT

sage – thanks for your thoughts & question. i do think that great divide needs much work, oh i hope in our little small way we are building bridges toward it.

mark – oh you always make me smile! i miss you & finally have my reader set back up after switching computers. hugs back to you across the miles….

robert - thanks for your thoughts & yes, i hope that more and more pockets of love are created. many probably won’t look like “church” but they sure will extend Christ’s love & hope & peace in some amazing ways.

brian – oh you will dig it. it’s hard but really really good. come hang anytime, it would be so fun! glad you liked away we go, too, that was a sweet little movie. have you seen any other good ones lately?

]]> By: tysdaddy http://kathyescobar.com/2009/11/16/little-pockets-of-love/#comment-3011 tysdaddy Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:12:20 +0000 http://kathyescobar.com/?p=2487#comment-3011 I have been DYING to see this movie. Read the book some time ago. But it won't be coming to my little Midwest town any time soon from what I'm hearing. If I come over, can we go? BTW, saw "Away We Go." Thumbs way up . . . I have been DYING to see this movie. Read the book some time ago. But it won’t be coming to my little Midwest town any time soon from what I’m hearing.

If I come over, can we go?

BTW, saw “Away We Go.” Thumbs way up . . .

]]> By: Robert http://kathyescobar.com/2009/11/16/little-pockets-of-love/#comment-3009 Robert Sun, 22 Nov 2009 21:29:21 +0000 http://kathyescobar.com/?p=2487#comment-3009 This is hitting the bullseye Kathy!!! Why is it we can sit next to each other in a worship service, singing songs about the love and grace of God, hearing a sermon and testimonies about it, yet we fail to extend the very love we are there worshipping to begin with??? i think this post and many like it,especially your whole series you did on those who were on the outskirts are the pangs of a new reformation we need as the *church*. Institutional Church,Emergent Church,Leaving Church- all are His people, the called out ones who need to practice the *one anothers* and reach out with *little pockets of love* to each other. Keep on Kathy!!! Robert This is hitting the bullseye Kathy!!! Why is it we can sit next to each other in a worship service, singing songs about the love and grace of God, hearing a sermon and testimonies about it, yet we fail to extend the very love we are there worshipping to begin with??? i think this post and many like it,especially your whole series you did on those who were on the outskirts are the pangs of a new reformation we need as the *church*. Institutional Church,Emergent Church,Leaving Church- all are His people, the called out ones who need to practice the *one anothers* and reach out with *little pockets of love* to each other. Keep on Kathy!!!

Robert

]]> By: Mark R http://kathyescobar.com/2009/11/16/little-pockets-of-love/#comment-3008 Mark R Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:17:13 +0000 http://kathyescobar.com/?p=2487#comment-3008 No way are you anti - church, it's not the church you are anti, but -it's the bull@@@@!!! wrapped up in gift paper masquerading as the church ... BIG HUG SISTER!!!! No way are you anti – church, it’s not the church you are anti, but -it’s the bull@@@@!!! wrapped up in gift paper masquerading as the church …

BIG HUG SISTER!!!!

]]> By: Sage H http://kathyescobar.com/2009/11/16/little-pockets-of-love/#comment-3007 Sage H Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:02:53 +0000 http://kathyescobar.com/?p=2487#comment-3007 Tammy wrote- "The church is even there when we go hang out with the really tough crowd –smug, self-sufficient religious folks sitting in million dollar buildings on hundred dollar chairs singing religious songs. You’re getting it Kathy. You’re going with Jesus to some of the places He goes. Are you ready to go with Him all the places He goes?" I appreciate that observation and question a lot. Jesus came for everyone. In the irreplaceable wisdom of the sermon on the mount, Jesus gave us a picture of the kingdom, or the Reality of God. It is a little easier for me (as a "looser") to know my need of God. I admire those who are not loosers, yet know their need of God nonetheless. I think that is the toughest crowd, and one in as much need for little pockets of love as anyone. Very little has been done- we are still separated as rich and poor in the community of Christ. Overcoming that, perhaps, is the final frontier. Any suggestions, Tammy? Tammy wrote-
“The church is even there when we go hang out with the really tough crowd –smug, self-sufficient religious folks sitting in million dollar buildings on hundred dollar chairs singing religious songs. You’re getting it Kathy. You’re going with Jesus to some of the places He goes. Are you ready to go with Him all the places He goes?”

I appreciate that observation and question a lot. Jesus came for everyone. In the irreplaceable wisdom of the sermon on the mount, Jesus gave us a picture of the kingdom, or the Reality of God. It is a little easier for me (as a “looser”) to know my need of God. I admire those who are not loosers, yet know their need of God nonetheless.
I think that is the toughest crowd, and one in as much need for little pockets of love as anyone. Very little has been done- we are still separated as rich and poor in the community of Christ. Overcoming that, perhaps, is the final frontier.
Any suggestions, Tammy?

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