A typical week “outside the box” of organized religion
April 23, 2008 by churchless
Filed under Featured, Life Outside the Box
When one’s life has been so focused within institutional Christianity (whatever you choose to call it), there is a predictable pattern or routine that recycles every seven days: Sunday worship services followed by an optional menu of mid-week events, such as prayer meetings, Bible study, choir rehearsal, men’s & women’s ministry meetings, church-based sporting events, [...]
“Free Range” Christians
October 19, 2007 by churchless
Filed under Featured, Life Outside the Box
Wayne Jacobsen shares an interesting experience from his recent trip to Pennsylvania:
Someone was talking about a wine list they saw at a restaurant that was offering “free-range wine.” They were asking me what that was, knowing I’d grown up on a vineyard. The term really tickled me. According to Wikipedia “Free range is a method [...]
How does it feel “outside”?
September 17, 2007 by churchless
Filed under FAQ, Life Outside the Box
Len Hjalmarson shares his own experience in “Leaving the Church?”
What if someone steps outside the well worn paths? What if we stop assuming that the Sunday gathering should be the pre-eminent experience of the Christian life?
Suddenly a lot of other answers that were taken for granted are less than obvious. The journey in search of [...]
How do we simplify our Christian life?
September 13, 2007 by churchless
Filed under FAQ, Life Outside the Box, Making the Transition
A great article on “Simplifying the Journey” over at The Thin Edge of the Wedge.
A foot in both worlds
September 2, 2007 by churchless
Filed under Clergy, Making the Transition
It’s Sunday morning. Not too many years ago—when we had a houseful of children—I can remember the youngest one asking, “Are we going to church today?” The oldest quickly replied, “Have we ever NOT gone to church on Sunday? Don’t be silly!” At the time, I never really thought about the significance of those six [...]
Leaving the institutional church behind
August 14, 2007 by churchless
Filed under Institutional Church, Making the Transition
More and more Christians throughout the world are choosing to follow what one writer calls “an unstructured church lifestyle.” They no longer “go to church” on Sundays and they have withdrawn from a wide variety of organized church programs and activities: things like Sunday Schools, youth groups, mission trips, choirs, worship teams, children’s church, prayer [...]