Comments on: Rowan Williams on the “accessibility” of the church http://theologyforum.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/rowan-williams-on-the-accessibility-of-the-church/ Serving the joyful cultivation of the theological craft for the life of the church: inquiring honestly, deliberating wisely, acting faithfully Wed, 15 May 2013 06:00:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Danb http://theologyforum.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/rowan-williams-on-the-accessibility-of-the-church/#comment-13940 Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:06:02 +0000 http://theologyforum.wordpress.com/?p=2734#comment-13940 I was doing a google search for Rembrantd’s “Prodigal Son” and your blog was in the list of places to find an image of that painting. Upon scanning the “recent posts” box the phrase ‘”accessibility” of the church’ caught my eye as I just finished some sermon prep study time on Romans 5:1-11 one part of which includes “…we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand.”

What got me going on the search for an image of Rembrant’s painting was a reference to that painting in one of my sources, Ben Witherington III’s “Paul’s Letter to the Romans.” Access… accessibility… may the Lord help us to be points of access to the accessibility won by our Lord into the grace of God for any and all… and may he forgive us when we blockade that access.

]]> By: Tom Smith http://theologyforum.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/rowan-williams-on-the-accessibility-of-the-church/#comment-13848 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:55:07 +0000 http://theologyforum.wordpress.com/?p=2734#comment-13848 That Williams is right about the “downward spiral”. Now that we’ve been wrecked by the serious consequences of sin – we have a better appreciation of the Holiness of God. It has opened up a journey of deeper devotion – a “fear of the Lord.”

]]> By: Kent Eilers http://theologyforum.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/rowan-williams-on-the-accessibility-of-the-church/#comment-13753 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:21:27 +0000 http://theologyforum.wordpress.com/?p=2734#comment-13753 What have you learned?

]]> By: Tom Smith http://theologyforum.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/rowan-williams-on-the-accessibility-of-the-church/#comment-13749 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:13:23 +0000 http://theologyforum.wordpress.com/?p=2734#comment-13749 Good thoughts Kent …

Our community is going through a tough excommunication at the moment and it us really waking all of us up…

Glad that you students can have someone to wake them up!

]]> By: Joe http://theologyforum.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/rowan-williams-on-the-accessibility-of-the-church/#comment-13745 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:53:44 +0000 http://theologyforum.wordpress.com/?p=2734#comment-13745 The experience of many teachers has been that to get students paying attention, you have to get them personally invested. And to to that? Get subjects that relate to their real lives and concerns. Which means here … find out which theological issues really matter to them.

Suppose you start a debate where you argue that God is a Republican. Or God does not exist. Or you saw God yesterday at the pizza place.

Then tie that to academic concerns and method?

Just a few teaching tricks. Granted, you have to be entertaining at first; but then, once the students understand that these stuffy ideas relate to issues they really do care about … then teaching the academic stuff is a little easier.

]]> By: Kent Eilers http://theologyforum.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/rowan-williams-on-the-accessibility-of-the-church/#comment-13740 Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:01:24 +0000 http://theologyforum.wordpress.com/?p=2734#comment-13740 Justin, I don’t know why that is, and I can’t say its been my experience with my high church friends. What is your hunch?

]]> By: Justin http://theologyforum.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/rowan-williams-on-the-accessibility-of-the-church/#comment-13703 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:37:45 +0000 http://theologyforum.wordpress.com/?p=2734#comment-13703 Point taken – very helpful words (though I always find it interesting how high church folk always seem to wear their boringness as a badge of honor!).

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