Lost in Faith

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• 1 steve // Dec 11, 2008 at 5:03 am

  It’s 4:23am and I can’t sleep. My wife is sound asleep right now, so I don’t want to bug her by tossing and turning. I’m up for the day, so I’ll begin by seeking some thought-provoking spiritual dialog on my favorite pastor’s blog. This is my first time visiting this blog, so I’ll just go with my initial thoughts and comments on Dan Kimball’s “Missional Misgivings” article.

  Dan Kimball seems like an opinionated man when it comes to discussing different church ideologies. Missional vs. Attractional, Emergent vs. Traditional, etc. He is proud of his own style of church as any writer/pastor should be. He feels like his style accomplishes the goals that he feels are important for his church. I get a similar feeling, after reading his article, that I get after seeing a TV pastor ask for donations (oh yeah, and send us your prayer requests too) from complete strangers–it kind of disgusts me. To each his/her own would be more along the thought lines I would expect from a West Coast pastor. Different folks are attracted to different churches for different reasons. Shouldn’t the common goal be that all human souls (believers and non-believers alike) to draw nearer to our Creator? How we get them to draw nearer (both believers and non-believers) should be whatever the individual church happens to focus on–its own slice of the spiritual pie. Or if you’re more comfortable with business terminology, the church’s market or niche.

  Dan Kimball does not impress me on the surface, but I have to say that I should probably read more about him and gain a better understanding of his personal philosophy before I judge too quickly.

  Churches are local. His church happens to be in Santa Cruz, CA and happens to have the word “Vintage” in it. The word “Vintage” is almost becoming “Vintage” in itself in my humble non-mainstream opinion. What exactly does “Vintage Faith” mean anyways? Is vintage, 1960s vintage, 30AD vintage? Who exemplified this vintage faith and when was it exemplified. Sorry, 4:48am tangent there. Maybe it just has something to do with his church being located a couple hours south of some great wine country?

  Anyways, enough about this for one setting. If anyone reads and makes any sense of my early morning rant about Dan Kimball, I do apologize for my lack of coherence in outlining my thoughts effectively. Give me a break, I don’t do this type of writing on a regular basis. In fact I’ve only done it twice in my life. The other time was on a Generation Y vs. Generation X topic.

  Enjoy your Thursday.

  SK

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