tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post5361157684035164733..comments2024-03-23T18:50:32.902-04:00Comments on Telling Secrets: Let's talk evangelism.Elizabeth Kaetonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-87018131526132222702011-06-16T16:36:15.718-04:002011-06-16T16:36:15.718-04:00Jim - You're absolutely right. We do mean &quo...Jim - You're absolutely right. We do mean "find more people like us". I have such stories to tell.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-58058768529523755132011-06-16T16:35:42.769-04:002011-06-16T16:35:42.769-04:00Well, his story is almost the same as Peck's -...Well, his story is almost the same as Peck's - just a little different twist at the end. It's a great story and very powerful. I've also used it with groups and it's very effective - well, at least, in that moment.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-46471051073000044202011-06-16T16:25:27.816-04:002011-06-16T16:25:27.816-04:00A great story. I wish we could hear more of its e...A great story. I wish we could hear more of its echoes in the church at large. <br /><br />Too often we say "evangelism" when we mean "find-someone-like-us." The learning experience from reading about Paul's fight with the pro-circumcision party should be that we need diversity not uniformity.<br /><br />FWIW<br />jimBJimBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17312606954135884910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-58004877319956577482011-06-16T12:24:50.646-04:002011-06-16T12:24:50.646-04:00Hey, our guy has uses this story in a few of his s...Hey, our guy has uses this story in <a href="http://www.stmarks-cb.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=333&Itemid=26" rel="nofollow">a few of his sermons</a>(audio <a href="http://www.stmarks-cb.org/joomla/images/stories/sermons/sermon-01-09-2011.mp3" rel="nofollow">here</a>), and he and I just got done pitching a workshop at our diocese ministry days on "Welcoming People to Church".<br /><br />He told this story as the concluding story for our workshop, drawing the conclusion that this is the essential story of evangelism, of welcoming people to your church, living in community, and "being church" together... It's a little different, and I like his version better than Peck's.Andy Piercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03084409889493904605noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-17558812986532153392011-06-16T10:16:32.538-04:002011-06-16T10:16:32.538-04:00It's an effective story with lots of applicati...It's an effective story with lots of applications. I think Jesus would have used this parable.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-50827987604497745452011-06-16T09:22:58.093-04:002011-06-16T09:22:58.093-04:00Thanks for this. I am copying it out and distribu...Thanks for this. I am copying it out and distributing it to my Vestry on Sunday.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14446216858079895691noreply@blogger.com