{"id":1484,"date":"2010-09-02T11:51:06","date_gmt":"2010-09-02T15:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=1484"},"modified":"2013-06-17T16:42:11","modified_gmt":"2013-06-17T20:42:11","slug":"the-unbusy-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=1484","title":{"rendered":"The Unbusy Church"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have often argued for simplifying the busy schedule churches often have.<\/p>\n

I just recently came across this quote from Craig Barnes book, The Pastor as Minor Poet<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“So rather than developing a ‘seven day a week’ church that fills up the members’ lives with church activity, the poetic pastor will wonder why these folks need the church to be a subculture that keeps them so busy with religious activity that they never have a chance to follow Christ out into the surrounding world.”\u009d (69)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have often argued for simplifying the busy schedule churches often have. I just recently came across this quote from Craig Barnes book, The Pastor as Minor Poet: “So rather than developing a ‘seven day a week’ church that fills up the members’ lives with church activity, the poetic pastor will wonder why these folks …<\/p>\n

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