Comments for Transmission http://www.transmissioning.org an emerging liturgical community in NYC Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:08:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Soapy, Frothy, Ash Wednesday by Transmission » Blog Archive » Upcoming Events http://www.transmissioning.org/2009/02/23/soapy-frothy-ash-wednesday/comment-page-1/#comment-5856 Transmission » Blog Archive » Upcoming Events Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:08:53 +0000 http://www.transmissioning.org/?p=377#comment-5856 [...] ritual-Katie. We will be making ashy soap for use throughout Lent on Ash Wednesday. See our post from last year for more details. Sat Feb 27: Planning meeting at a cafe [...] [...] ritual-Katie. We will be making ashy soap for use throughout Lent on Ash Wednesday. See our post from last year for more details. Sat Feb 27: Planning meeting at a cafe [...]

]]> Comment on Blind Voyager on Happiness & Healing by Daniel http://www.transmissioning.org/2007/04/10/blind-voyager-on-happiness-healing/comment-page-1/#comment-5216 Daniel Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:11:42 +0000 http://www.transmissioning.org/?p=156#comment-5216 Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force. Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force.

]]> Comment on Prayer, Prophecy, Scripture by Abigael http://www.transmissioning.org/2009/09/05/prayer-prophecy-scripture/comment-page-1/#comment-5211 Abigael Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:53:29 +0000 http://www.transmissioning.org/?p=527#comment-5211 Wow, that's great! It's wonderful that someone made this amazing blog. Please check this another wonderful site that defined "the prophet" for the modern era. This has made his journey unique: a journey that has taken his inspired message to schools and colleges, churches and synagogues, alleyways and prison cells. <a href="http://kimclement.com/index.php?menu=20/" rel="nofollow">Abigail</a> Wow, that’s great! It’s wonderful that someone made this amazing blog. Please check this another wonderful site that defined “the prophet” for the modern era. This has made his journey unique: a journey that has taken his inspired message to schools and colleges, churches and synagogues, alleyways and prison cells.

Abigail

]]> Comment on This is the Day that the Lord Has Made! Psalm 118 by Bowie http://www.transmissioning.org/2009/06/26/this-is-the-day-that-the-lord-has-made-psalm-118/comment-page-1/#comment-5205 Bowie Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:27:17 +0000 http://www.transmissioning.org/?p=443#comment-5205 This ritual was at Sarah's house on Dan's birthday! Clearly, Dan's birth was a special historical event for July 15th (Sarah made cupcakes) and we used this Transmission to bless Sarah's house too. Instead of writing letters to ourselves, we wrote blessing notes to Sarah and hid them around her apartment to find later :-) A great house blessings ritual element. We also blessed water and asperged it around with a branch and prayers. This ritual was at Sarah’s house on Dan’s birthday! Clearly, Dan’s birth was a special historical event for July 15th (Sarah made cupcakes) and we used this Transmission to bless Sarah’s house too.

Instead of writing letters to ourselves, we wrote blessing notes to Sarah and hid them around her apartment to find later :-) A great house blessings ritual element. We also blessed water and asperged it around with a branch and prayers.

]]> Comment on May 15 Roof Garden Ritual, Draft 1 by Bowie http://www.transmissioning.org/2009/05/03/may-30-roof-garden-ritual-draft-1/comment-page-1/#comment-5204 Bowie Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:23:22 +0000 http://www.transmissioning.org/2009/05/03/may-30-roof-garden-ritual-draft-1/#comment-5204 A highlight of this ritual was a discussion on how to make "good soil" in the form of compost, an ongoing project on my roof garden. We dug deep down into my compost pot and all had a chance to handle the dark, rich, sweet smelling "good soil" that had formed. One person remarked how different it was from the "compacted dust" that passes for soil in NYC. We used some of the compost in our "seed bombs" (the bags of soil and seeds) that we later used for guerilla gardening! A highlight of this ritual was a discussion on how to make “good soil” in the form of compost, an ongoing project on my roof garden. We dug deep down into my compost pot and all had a chance to handle the dark, rich, sweet smelling “good soil” that had formed. One person remarked how different it was from the “compacted dust” that passes for soil in NYC. We used some of the compost in our “seed bombs” (the bags of soil and seeds) that we later used for guerilla gardening!

]]> Comment on Worship and Mission in Emergent Churches by Isaac http://www.transmissioning.org/2009/09/08/worship-and-mission-in-emergent-churches/comment-page-1/#comment-5148 Isaac Mon, 14 Sep 2009 04:27:53 +0000 http://www.transmissioning.org/?p=532#comment-5148 Hmm, I wonder what the "primary reason why" I come to Transmission is? I think it's because the experience of God has profoundly changed my life, and I want (and need) to live out that change with others. For me, living the life of a Christian is about being an agent of God's transforming love in the world - part of that is community, part of it is worship, and part of it is mission. It just happens that I only have training and experience in one of those things. Maybe the solution is to find a way to attract some Transmissioners who have a fire in their belly for organizing mission? Hmm, I wonder what the “primary reason why” I come to Transmission is?

I think it’s because the experience of God has profoundly changed my life, and I want (and need) to live out that change with others. For me, living the life of a Christian is about being an agent of God’s transforming love in the world – part of that is community, part of it is worship, and part of it is mission.

It just happens that I only have training and experience in one of those things. Maybe the solution is to find a way to attract some Transmissioners who have a fire in their belly for organizing mission?

]]> Comment on Worship and Mission in Emergent Churches by Caleb http://www.transmissioning.org/2009/09/08/worship-and-mission-in-emergent-churches/comment-page-1/#comment-5133 Caleb Thu, 10 Sep 2009 05:31:15 +0000 http://www.transmissioning.org/?p=532#comment-5133 I would have to agree with David Muir's point. It seems pretty obvious that when a group of people comes together because of their shared desire to do one thing, experience church community in a certain kind of way, it isn't natural to mobilize effectively in a different direction. That said, even though the primary reason why people come to Transmission isn't because it's super missional, I think we all do share a desire to engage with God's work in the world around us. What is the next step? Endless dialogue isn't the answer, but I look forward to discussing this together to see where our passions lie, and where we see God at work. I would have to agree with David Muir’s point. It seems pretty obvious that when a group of people comes together because of their shared desire to do one thing, experience church community in a certain kind of way, it isn’t natural to mobilize effectively in a different direction.

That said, even though the primary reason why people come to Transmission isn’t because it’s super missional, I think we all do share a desire to engage with God’s work in the world around us. What is the next step? Endless dialogue isn’t the answer, but I look forward to discussing this together to see where our passions lie, and where we see God at work.

]]> Comment on So how many Americans go to a house church? by Isaac http://www.transmissioning.org/2009/09/02/so-how-many-americans-go-to-a-house-church/comment-page-1/#comment-5126 Isaac Thu, 03 Sep 2009 06:12:33 +0000 http://www.transmissioning.org/?p=521#comment-5126 Wow - this is really interesting. And I agree that words can be a barrier. I hardly ever refer to myself as "religious" because it carries so much baggage. "Spiritual" also has a lot of weirdness attached to it. There's no secret that I think the word "faith" is largely abused and misused, so the only word I'm 100% comfortable with is "Christian." I guess that describes me pretty well. Wow – this is really interesting. And I agree that words can be a barrier. I hardly ever refer to myself as “religious” because it carries so much baggage. “Spiritual” also has a lot of weirdness attached to it. There’s no secret that I think the word “faith” is largely abused and misused, so the only word I’m 100% comfortable with is “Christian.” I guess that describes me pretty well.

]]> Comment on kimball, macarthur, and me by Transmission » Blog Archive » Reforming or Conforming? http://www.transmissioning.org/2007/01/27/kimball-macarthur-and-me/comment-page-1/#comment-5098 Transmission » Blog Archive » Reforming or Conforming? Sun, 09 Aug 2009 01:54:25 +0000 http://www.transmissioning.org/?p=100#comment-5098 [...] http://www.transmissioning.org/2007/01/27/kimball-macarthur-and-me/ [...] [...] http://www.transmissioning.org/2007/01/27/kimball-macarthur-and-me/ [...]

]]> Comment on Emergent Podcast Episode 1! by Isaac http://www.transmissioning.org/2009/06/30/emergent-podcast-episode-1/comment-page-1/#comment-5026 Isaac Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:30:08 +0000 http://www.transmissioning.org/?p=454#comment-5026 Cheers, bro! Missed you tonight, too - hope living in Jersey isn't turning you into someone from New Jersey. Cheers, bro! Missed you tonight, too – hope living in Jersey isn’t turning you into someone from New Jersey.

]]>