Comments on: I Miss Donald Miller (and I like singing.) https://www.chrismorton.info/2014/02/07/i-miss-donald-miller-and-i-like-singing-2/ Growth and Mission Mon, 24 Oct 2016 18:04:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.4.32 By: ollwenjones https://www.chrismorton.info/2014/02/07/i-miss-donald-miller-and-i-like-singing-2/#comment-9708 Wed, 05 Mar 2014 16:48:33 +0000 http://www.chrismorton.info/?p=5415#comment-9708 I guess the pitfall of being a guy who is known for speaking into others’ lives in your writings which explore your thoughtful introspection, is that being introspective focuses a lot of attention on, well, yourself. That’s the biggest problem I see with the blog post you linked us to: He talks about church mostly in terms of what he experiences there (not that we never should, but it shouldn’t be our main focus). The other big problem is distilling the church experience into an educational one, which is certainly part of the whole, but certainly not the whole. I think your Bonhoeffer quote is a great counterpoint to that perspective.

I would add that much of what we do as The Church is for our own benefit, but only secondarily. Singing in particular should be first for the one we are singing to, not for ourselves. So it should be with loving our neighbors or travelling overseas to share the Good News. If I am doing any of those things firstly for myself, then I am not worshiping God, but me.

]]> By: cecillinke https://www.chrismorton.info/2014/02/07/i-miss-donald-miller-and-i-like-singing-2/#comment-9678 Mon, 10 Feb 2014 12:51:05 +0000 http://www.chrismorton.info/?p=5415#comment-9678 Great observations Chris!

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