Showing posts with label friendship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label friendship. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Refrigerator Rights
For those of you who were not present at church today (9/7), or even for those who were, Jim mentioned, in the midst of his sermon on not "walking" alone, a term used by author Will Miller known as "Refrigerator Rights." This notion of being so comfortable at someone else's house to just get up and go grab a snack or drink from the frige, is a really neat concept. As we are growing together in our class, one of our new goals is to reach a more personal and intimate relationship with all of the class members - a few of the additions to our everyday Sunday meetings are meant to harbor and nourish these relationships. Think about who you would give refrigerator rights to!
Friday, August 8, 2008
Fellowship
It's a really funny word and it seems to get applied to everything from gray-haired ladies covered dish get-togethers to the Builder's Class Luau...and all things in between. But fellowship in the context of believers in Christ has a higher purpose. It's not that we have to have communion before we karaoke. It's not that we need to make sure we pray before every meal we have at these functions. The real meaning of fellowship is that we have a deeper relationship with each other - a responsibility towards each other - a connection that is put their by God.
We are called together to worship, to play, to share food, drink and fun. And, we need to recognize that the element that makes it all possible is God's gift of Love to us. He gives us the capacity AND the responsibility to love each other.
Sometimes, that love makes us go do things for another person when they are in need. Sometimes, that love calls us out to listen when someone needs an ear. Sometimes, it means sharing a beer and shooting the bull. And sometimes it means asking God what He is calling us to do to show His love to our brother and sister...and doing it.
Fellowship may be the one "ritual" in which it is most easy to SEE God in this world. In these acts of Love, we get a glimpse of something that is un-wordly and very Godly. It's like watching the wind by seeing how it moves the trees. In a relationship with another person, you can really FEEL the Spirit of God at work and SEE God's hand working through another.
We are called together to worship, to play, to share food, drink and fun. And, we need to recognize that the element that makes it all possible is God's gift of Love to us. He gives us the capacity AND the responsibility to love each other.
Sometimes, that love makes us go do things for another person when they are in need. Sometimes, that love calls us out to listen when someone needs an ear. Sometimes, it means sharing a beer and shooting the bull. And sometimes it means asking God what He is calling us to do to show His love to our brother and sister...and doing it.
Fellowship may be the one "ritual" in which it is most easy to SEE God in this world. In these acts of Love, we get a glimpse of something that is un-wordly and very Godly. It's like watching the wind by seeing how it moves the trees. In a relationship with another person, you can really FEEL the Spirit of God at work and SEE God's hand working through another.
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