Comments on: Strategic Absence http://godgrown.net/blog/2007/04/09/strategic-absence/ Wed, 21 Mar 2012 13:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: miller http://godgrown.net/blog/2007/04/09/strategic-absence/comment-page-1/#comment-4185 miller Sat, 14 Apr 2007 15:32:34 +0000 http://godgrown.net/blog/2007/04/09/strategic-absence/#comment-4185 great points... the assumption of course was that i am present to my bio-fam 24/7 (pretty much) and the same is true to a lesser extent of my Christ-fam. thats the thing, this sounds so radical because people assume that if you don't see each other on Sunday then there's no connection... sad, ain't it? there is more to be said here but i'm not sure now what it is... peace great points…

the assumption of course was that i am present to my bio-fam 24/7 (pretty much) and the same is true to a lesser extent of my Christ-fam.

thats the thing, this sounds so radical because people assume that if you don’t see each other on Sunday then there’s no connection…

sad, ain’t it?

there is more to be said here but i’m not sure now what it is…

peace

]]> By: Mark http://godgrown.net/blog/2007/04/09/strategic-absence/comment-page-1/#comment-4184 Mark Sat, 14 Apr 2007 14:25:14 +0000 http://godgrown.net/blog/2007/04/09/strategic-absence/#comment-4184 This is a tough question; I really don't know the right solution, but I DO know that the Church exists beyond a 3-hour meeting in your living room - or any living room - or anywhere! Your family, (biological as well as church family) still needs your presence, just as much as they need your absence, not so you can be their leader all the time, but so that you can show them love. Love them in being absent, and love them in being present. I suppose that is why Jesus was so convinced that it was going to be better for his followers for him to get out of the way and to send the Spirit instead. Talk about a major leadership vacuum! Christ is still present to love us, but his absence gives us the chance to do "even greater things" than Christ could've ever done alone. (John 14) He believed in strategic absence. This is a tough question; I really don’t know the right solution, but I DO know that the Church exists beyond a 3-hour meeting in your living room – or any living room – or anywhere! Your family, (biological as well as church family) still needs your presence, just as much as they need your absence, not so you can be their leader all the time, but so that you can show them love. Love them in being absent, and love them in being present.

I suppose that is why Jesus was so convinced that it was going to be better for his followers for him to get out of the way and to send the Spirit instead. Talk about a major leadership vacuum! Christ is still present to love us, but his absence gives us the chance to do “even greater things” than Christ could’ve ever done alone. (John 14) He believed in strategic absence.

]]> By: miller http://godgrown.net/blog/2007/04/09/strategic-absence/comment-page-1/#comment-4183 miller Fri, 13 Apr 2007 22:57:09 +0000 http://godgrown.net/blog/2007/04/09/strategic-absence/#comment-4183 i guess that depends on the circumstances. i probably won't take my wife and kids with me this time because they aren't filling the vacuum. they need to continue with this group for a season i think. however, thats just this sitch... what do you think? i guess that depends on the circumstances. i probably won’t take my wife and kids with me this time because they aren’t filling the vacuum. they need to continue with this group for a season i think.

however, thats just this sitch…

what do you think?

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