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Comment on “buildings are sacred places” by Jesus is hope

Jesus is hope — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 12:19:20 +0000

Hi, great post firstly!

i agree that church buildings should only be used for church an not anything else like When Jesus cleared the temple of the moneychangers and animal-sellers. i think respect goes a long way, and the same rules should apply regardless of which generation you from.

Comment on If a man is fortunate in life . . . by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 13:04:11 +0000

Kevin,
Thanks for writing such a great tribute to my Dad. It was a blessing to read.

Steve Freese

Comment on If a man is fortunate in life . . . by Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:26:46 +0000

Thanks Kevin.

Your tribute to my dad truly warmed my heart...and made me cry...AGAIN...thanks alot!
:-)...Dad was my best friend and still blesses my life with remembrances like this. I sure miss having coffee with him most everyday, while he continued to counsel with me with his words and daily example. Thanks so much!

Dave Freese

Comment on If a man is fortunate in life . . . by Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 13:42:36 +0000

Thanks Kevin! Well said!

John Nielson

Comment on “buildings are sacred places” by Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 12:00:45 +0000

Great thoughts and so true.

Comment on “buildings are sacred places” by Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:04:58 +0000

Anonymous,

Thanks for the comments. Very insightful. I am glad that someone passed my blog along to you. I would love to know who so I could thank them. If you feel comfortable sharing it, shoot me an email at kjkb2tx@gmail.com.

Thanks,

Kevin

Comment on “buildings are sacred places” by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:54:52 +0000

Your blog was sent to me by a friend. I enjoyed reading your thoughts. Here are mine: For some, the word sacred conjures up mental images of solemnity, speaking in whispers, pipe organs, candle lit stone walled sanctuaries and choir processions. For others, sacred can be anything that is set apart from the common. For the former, it is hard for
them to conjure up such mental images in a converted school cafeteria (with "Home of the Wildcats" posters on the wall) or a movie theater. However,
for the latter, a clearing in the woods with split log benches would be workable. I guess what I'm saying is that I recognize that different people
have different desires as to what defines a sacred space -- and we have to be mindful of that as we design worship spaces. But I think the days of
building large-footprint religious campuses are over (i.e., a sanctuary that is sacredly imposing, a cozy candle-lit chapel area, a ponderous church
library that could do double-duty as a scriptorium, classrooms in another building so the "noise" doesn't intrude on the sacred worship space, etc.).
I think we should focus more on what goes on in our sacred spaces -- and have the spaces be appropriate to what is going on -- versus building something that looks like what sacred space looked like 50, 100, 1,000 years ago. Personally, I feel very at home in a traditional large church sanctuary, in an informal rural church chapel, in a multi-purpose room turned into a worship space at a retreat, and in the Canadian Rockies alone with God. In short, sacred is where I and God meet -- wherever that is.

Comment on “buildings are sacred places” by Scott

Scott — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:49:44 +0000

I think about this often actually. I feel as though “sacredness” is missing from my walk of faith. So much that, I think it has enabled me to become slightly lazy in my walk. Can get a sermon on TV, the internet or the radio and I can get the local CCM at the same places.

If I don't sense a something set apart in the building I walk into……then what makes me go there?

Comment on “buildings are sacred places” by Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:31:41 +0000

Patty, I think you are spot on! I think the essence of the problems in the modern evangelical church is a definite lack of sacredness on a personal level. It is not being taught, emphasized or modeled near enough.

I wonder what John Wesley say about this topic?

Comment on “buildings are sacred places” by Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 04:12:48 +0000

This is very thought provoking. So is it the building that makes it sacred or the people in it that make it sacred? Somewhere along the line, we have become less sacred ourselves thus making our buildings less sacred. You hear people say 'nothing is sacred anymore' and I think they are right. When we reallllyyy understand how Holy God is, we can't help but be more sacred. Great thoughts, Kevin!
Patty J.
P.S. I don't make comments very often so don't really know what I am doing:) But I love to read what you have to say!