http://andrewkilzer.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/portraits-of-a-robot-scorned/ Learning to Leap Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:35:44 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://andrewkilzer.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/portraits-of-a-robot-scorned/#comment-106 andrewkilzer Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:44:51 +0000 http://andrewkilzer.wordpress.com/?p=211#comment-106 Thad, what you don't realize is that I have way more of this stuff that for whatever reason doesn't make it up onto my blog. If you need more ammo for those sorts of conversations let me know, and I'll do my best to get you something that really expresses this motley crue you help to pastor. Thad, what you don’t realize is that I have way more of this stuff that for whatever reason doesn’t make it up onto my blog. If you need more ammo for those sorts of conversations let me know, and I’ll do my best to get you something that really expresses this motley crue you help to pastor.

]]> http://andrewkilzer.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/portraits-of-a-robot-scorned/#comment-105 thad Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:08:43 +0000 http://andrewkilzer.wordpress.com/?p=211#comment-105 Every once in a while people find out what I do for a living. In most of those cases, an awkward religious sort of conversation ensues. Those conversations often tail off as I try to answer standard religious questions, usually very ineffectively. Apparently it's helpful in these moments as a pastor-type to have a church with a denomination, building, and easy-to-cite attendance numbers and other recognized growth benchmarks. Without those, I end up talking about people and all sorts of unquantifiable organic activity. And that's where it tends to fall apart. I tend to get either the uncomfortable quizzical head-tilt or the back-slap-good-talkin-to-ya-preacher. I'm always trying to come up with better ways to convey to people what kinds of folks and ideas we're cooking up. Next time I'm just going to tell them that I'll send them a link to a post about what's going on in our small groups. And there they'll see sad homemade robots. This should enhance our religious street cred considerably. Every once in a while people find out what I do for a living. In most of those cases, an awkward religious sort of conversation ensues. Those conversations often tail off as I try to answer standard religious questions, usually very ineffectively. Apparently it’s helpful in these moments as a pastor-type to have a church with a denomination, building, and easy-to-cite attendance numbers and other recognized growth benchmarks. Without those, I end up talking about people and all sorts of unquantifiable organic activity. And that’s where it tends to fall apart. I tend to get either the uncomfortable quizzical head-tilt or the back-slap-good-talkin-to-ya-preacher. I’m always trying to come up with better ways to convey to people what kinds of folks and ideas we’re cooking up. Next time I’m just going to tell them that I’ll send them a link to a post about what’s going on in our small groups. And there they’ll see sad homemade robots. This should enhance our religious street cred considerably.

]]>