Comments on: A Circle of Trust

By: David Finch

David Finch — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 02:39:00 +0000

I’ll keep you posted! Parker’s books have always been timely reads for me.

By: erickeck

erickeck — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 23:26:21 +0000

thats an awesome book, were reading that right now too…
very cool can’t wait to read your insights

By: David Finch

David Finch — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 19:54:17 +0000

Alan, I agree when you write of having something “layed out in front.” I think the challenge comes when it’s time to renew the vow. It seems like many “sign up” for many things, but they always have a loop hole to get out.
Wouldn’t you say the commitment begins when the novelty wears off. It’s at that time to enlist and then re-enlist. It’s at the novelty time that questions can be asked, ideals challenged, and this new found thing (community) can be explored. There does have to come a time when you have to say “I’m in or I’m out and if I’m in then I’m willing to agree (commit) to this new rule within this order (community) of Christ followers.
It’s at this time where it’s more than saying I’m a part, but I’m going to begin to live out that part. And in living out my part there are a few things that have been defined to me and as we journey together other things will be revealed to us.

By: + Alan

+ Alan — Tue, 24 Jan 2006 17:06:12 +0000

Sounds good – note, though, how many years you mentioned of marriage it has taken to learn how to be that with each other. I’m with you there. Think of a community (a church) of people who don’t necessarily live together, who may be these 5 now and those 8 later, then back to another 3. It gets to the point where it seems some things have to be layed out over top, out front, for people to commit to, to “sign up” for – in order then to go on and live into it. Like Marriage. We didn’t just live together and then we were one day “married” – we had that commitment ceremony, then lived in it. Peace.