http://www.crucialencounter.com/2009/02/04/economic-times/ The Encounter's You Least Expect Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:31:24 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.crucialencounter.com/2009/02/04/economic-times/comment-page-1/#comment-356 jonathanstegall Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:53:29 +0000 http://www.crucialencounter.com/?p=714#comment-356 Thank God for those kind of words. I am utterly convinced that we have an opportunity, whether or not it lasts, to stop serving the money god and totally change the way that the church and its people operate in America. I don't know if it will continue, or if we'll take advantage of it, but I know that there is potential for us to stop basing churches on whether they can afford to keep the lights on, but whether they are part of "something very small," as Shane Claiborne would say. Thank God for those kind of words. I am utterly convinced that we have an opportunity, whether or not it lasts, to stop serving the money god and totally change the way that the church and its people operate in America. I don't know if it will continue, or if we'll take advantage of it, but I know that there is potential for us to stop basing churches on whether they can afford to keep the lights on, but whether they are part of “something very small,” as Shane Claiborne would say.

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