tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31081635.post7197632598921012674..comments2023-04-06T10:30:07.575-04:00Comments on Words from Washington: Excessive CelebrationDonna Claycomb Sokolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17814361844932567318noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31081635.post-4474572752786231672011-02-09T10:39:32.695-05:002011-02-09T10:39:32.695-05:00I meant to sign my name after that last comment, b...I meant to sign my name after that last comment, but accidentally posted it without signing...<br /><br />Peace,<br />Celia WAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31081635.post-13822848322726679972011-02-09T10:38:23.259-05:002011-02-09T10:38:23.259-05:00Does burning benches count as excessive celebratio...Does burning benches count as excessive celebration? ;) I hope there's some of that going on tonight on a certain West Campus quad. But more seriously, I really appreciate these words. I was just talking yesterday with Laura (Rodgers) Levens who is in the ThD program studying mission and evangelism. We were talking about the Course of Study class she's teaching this summer and in the fall, and about the ways she's trying to help pastors re-imagine "evangelism" as something beyond talking to strangers about Jesus. I said something like, "I never expected to write an 'evangelism dissertation,' but I'm writing on Acts because I want to help Christians read the Bible in a way that helps the church to be a community in which its members will want to invite all their friends to participate." So I say AMEN to excessive celebration, because the most wonderful thing beyond imagination has happened to the church: The God who created the universe has claimed us for all eternity. Wow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com