"The ability to teach and preach and lead is taking a backseat to the pastor's capacity to create
ate and facilitate open-source faith experiences for the people of the church."
-Doug Paggitt, Church in the Inventive Age, p 33
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In one of our gatherings, I mentioned in passing that we were an "open source" church.
Immediately a saint interrupted...no, it's not an interruption, that's precisely the point! She interjected..
"Oh, I love that image: open sores. Can you say some more about that?"
She thought I had said "open sores" was the way to do church.
We had a good laugh...but it was a profound moment...
which BTW, wouldn't have arisen if we weren't "open source" so that anyone can talk
(especially women!)
I should've/could've said "open sores."
Church is to be like that: honest, vulnerable, transparent.
And the only way to being open about our open sores is to be open source.
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PS I googled and found a band named:
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