Comments on: Confession: I am too opinionated! http://www.anewkindofyouthministry.com/2007/07/27/confession-i-am-too-opinionated/ Guiding Students into Spiritual Formation for the Mission of God Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:23:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: chrisfol http://www.anewkindofyouthministry.com/2007/07/27/confession-i-am-too-opinionated/comment-page-1/#comment-460 chrisfol Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:02:42 +0000 http://www.anewkindofyouthministry.com/2007/07/27/confession-i-am-too-opinionated/#comment-460 chris. right! the integrated journey of faith and life. you are spot on. chris. right! the integrated journey of faith and life. you are spot on.

]]> By: Chris Day http://www.anewkindofyouthministry.com/2007/07/27/confession-i-am-too-opinionated/comment-page-1/#comment-459 Chris Day Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:53:30 +0000 http://www.anewkindofyouthministry.com/2007/07/27/confession-i-am-too-opinionated/#comment-459 The last 6 chapters or so deal with spirituality and chasing after God. How we often push on to people the spiritual disciplines that worked for us. It doesn't necessarily touch on the topic of being less critical but I think it applies or bleeds through in this area of our lives as well. After all if our faith journey isn't connected to the rest of our lives what do we really have? The last 6 chapters or so deal with spirituality and chasing after God. How we often push on to people the spiritual disciplines that worked for us. It doesn’t necessarily touch on the topic of being less critical but I think it applies or bleeds through in this area of our lives as well.

After all if our faith journey isn’t connected to the rest of our lives what do we really have?

]]> By: chrisfol http://www.anewkindofyouthministry.com/2007/07/27/confession-i-am-too-opinionated/comment-page-1/#comment-457 chrisfol Mon, 30 Jul 2007 03:20:10 +0000 http://www.anewkindofyouthministry.com/2007/07/27/confession-i-am-too-opinionated/#comment-457 nath- i think your comments about team ministry are super helpful... sometimes i can forget to look to others to help me process the opinions and convictions... community, who'd a thought :) thanks nath. nath- i think your comments about team ministry are super helpful… sometimes i can forget to look to others to help me process the opinions and convictions… community, who’d a thought :) thanks nath.

]]> By: chrisfol http://www.anewkindofyouthministry.com/2007/07/27/confession-i-am-too-opinionated/comment-page-1/#comment-456 chrisfol Mon, 30 Jul 2007 03:18:40 +0000 http://www.anewkindofyouthministry.com/2007/07/27/confession-i-am-too-opinionated/#comment-456 chris-- thanks for the book recomendation. i will order it tonight. it sounds like it could really be helpful to me at this stage in my life. i appreciate it. chris– thanks for the book recomendation. i will order it tonight. it sounds like it could really be helpful to me at this stage in my life. i appreciate it.

]]> By: Nathan http://www.anewkindofyouthministry.com/2007/07/27/confession-i-am-too-opinionated/comment-page-1/#comment-455 Nathan Mon, 30 Jul 2007 02:54:09 +0000 http://www.anewkindofyouthministry.com/2007/07/27/confession-i-am-too-opinionated/#comment-455 Thanks for being so vulnerable and honest with us, Chris. I fully struggle with the same issues - constantly wondering "how can we improve this?", "why didn't we do that differently?" and (probably worst of all) "I could have done that better". I also find it a difficult balance between being critical (in the positive sense of the word) and allowing grace to cover over our mistakes - sometimes (often?) it's in our less perfect moments that God does the most work... something about strength in weakness, I guess. And yes, in the midst of that, discerning what is my opinion vs what I should be more convicted about is extremely difficult to analyze. That's why I love team ministry so much. As you know, one of my biggest challenges in this area is in being self-critical, and your comments have given me some more meat to chew. Thanks for being so vulnerable and honest with us, Chris. I fully struggle with the same issues – constantly wondering “how can we improve this?”, “why didn’t we do that differently?” and (probably worst of all) “I could have done that better”.

I also find it a difficult balance between being critical (in the positive sense of the word) and allowing grace to cover over our mistakes – sometimes (often?) it’s in our less perfect moments that God does the most work… something about strength in weakness, I guess.

And yes, in the midst of that, discerning what is my opinion vs what I should be more convicted about is extremely difficult to analyze. That’s why I love team ministry so much.

As you know, one of my biggest challenges in this area is in being self-critical, and your comments have given me some more meat to chew.

]]> By: Chris Day http://www.anewkindofyouthministry.com/2007/07/27/confession-i-am-too-opinionated/comment-page-1/#comment-454 Chris Day Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:42:35 +0000 http://www.anewkindofyouthministry.com/2007/07/27/confession-i-am-too-opinionated/#comment-454 Chris thanks for such a great post. Your openness and vulnerability are great. This is something I struggle with hardcore. Something I have come across recently has really rocked my world in this area and has really challenged me. It's the book Contrarian's Guide to Knowing God: Spirituality for the Rest of Us by Larry Osborne. It may not be the same for others as it was for me. It really opened my eyes though to what you were saying when you wrote in your post, "I need to be more concerned with who God is calling me to be and what I believe he is ordering me to be convicted about. The jealousy, cynicism, skepticism, arrogance and the need to be better or right have got to go." I know you are a busy guy but this book was a great help to me. Thanks for pursuing God the way you do. Chris thanks for such a great post. Your openness and vulnerability are great. This is something I struggle with hardcore. Something I have come across recently has really rocked my world in this area and has really challenged me. It’s the book Contrarian’s Guide to Knowing God: Spirituality for the Rest of Us by Larry Osborne. It may not be the same for others as it was for me. It really opened my eyes though to what you were saying when you wrote in your post, “I need to be more concerned with who God is calling me to be and what I believe he is ordering me to be convicted about. The jealousy, cynicism, skepticism, arrogance and the need to be better or right have got to go.”

I know you are a busy guy but this book was a great help to me. Thanks for pursuing God the way you do.

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