Comments on: Practice, Participation and the Art of “Remixing” Church and Community

By: Providing Hope for Parent’s Experiences Around Their Kids and Technology

Providing Hope for Parent’s Experiences Around Their Kids and Technology — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:37:21 +0000

[...] Technology and the tools of social media allow for a participatory culture: Because of the decentralization and flattening of hierarchy, kids are better able to participate, and possibly more willing to participate. An “architecture of participation” is something I have blogged about numerous times before. [...]

By: Clay Shirky: How cellphones, Twitter, Facebook can make history

Clay Shirky: How cellphones, Twitter, Facebook can make history — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:13:48 +0000

[...] long time, and I have been especially interested in two specific topics he talks about in the book. Architecture of participation and communities of practice. I have more thoughts on a theology of these for the Church (but that’s for another [...]

By: Are Karlsen

Are Karlsen — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:45:04 +0000

I think the biblical teachings is basically non-hierarchical. Therefore it is a stream through church history of that kind of thoughts.

These days the believers in non-hierarchical church communities got a great assistance from culture and technology. I think we will see a very exciting development.

By: Rhett

Rhett — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:35:05 +0000

Wess:

I love, love your thoughts on the Lord’s Prayer….great stuff.

“Stance of humility” is so important, but not what what we often get in our church’s leadership. I love Nouwen’s thoughts In The Name of Jesus when he talks about “leading within.”

Good post…I hope you write more on this topic.

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Andy:

Great point. I think if we put the burden on the community they will rise to the occasion. Often they don’t feel the need to step up since there is paid leadership already doing it. Know what I mean?

I wonder what churches would look like if there wasn’t an all paid leadership staff?

rhett

By: Andy C

Andy C — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:59:28 +0000

I think a move away from top down, command and control church hierarchies is good s well for it should stimulate creativity within the church body, and foster affirmation for more small group or sole practitioner of missional activities. But it will place an increasing burden on the individual church to rmain faithful to it’s underlying doctrinal statement and principles of conduct and operation.

By: C. Wess daniels

C. Wess daniels — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:41:40 +0000

“We don’t allow for failure, and therefore we inhibit a participatory community.”

Well put Rhett. I’ve thought about this in terms of the Lord’s prayer when I wrote about how I think the mission of the church is essentially rooted within the prayer.

That last part of the prayer seems to assume a stance of humility or failure on our part as the church: “lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.” In other words, because we do give into temptations, failures, etc. This part is obviously about sin, but I think it still holds. We as the church set up our leaders to be people who cannot pray this prayer, at least not confessionally; or rather, leaders who we couldn’t dream of confessionally praying this prayer. I think it’s that attitude, that ultimately keeps us also from getting to your initial point.

By: C. Wess daniels

C. Wess daniels — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:41:40 +0000

“We don’t allow for failure, and therefore we inhibit a participatory community.”

Well put Rhett. I’ve thought about this in terms of the Lord’s prayer when I wrote about how I think the mission of the church is essentially rooted within the prayer.