Tiny Tastes of Slow Church

This week, John has started tweeting some best quotes and ideas from the Slow Church book…

If you use Twitter, make sure that you follow us:  @SlowChurches .  Watch for our tweets and Retweet your favorite ones. (If you have a copy of the book already, feel free to tweet your favorite quotes using the hashtag #SlowChurch. )

Even if you aren’t on Twitter, you should be able to read the quotes here:
https://twitter.com/slowchurches

Here are a few of my favorites:

Our calling into the abundant life of #SlowChurch begins and ends with the love, patience, and longsuffering of God.

— SlowChurch.com (@SlowChurches) May 19, 2014

"We are impatient, anxious to see the whole picture, but God lets us see things slowly, quietly.” – @Pontifex #SlowChurch

— SlowChurch.com (@SlowChurches) May 20, 2014

The people of God are a sort of demonstration plot for what God intends for all humanity. #SlowChurch

— SlowChurch.com (@SlowChurches) May 20, 2014

"Our century…first invented the machine and then took it as its life model.” – @SlowFoodHQ Manifesto (1989) #SlowChurch

— SlowChurch.com (@SlowChurches) May 21, 2014

Reverse Prayer of Jabez: God, Shrink our territory, And narrow our boundaries That we might truly be a blessing to all. - @paul_sparks

— SlowChurch.com (@SlowChurches) May 21, 2014

Our calling is to community, a shared life in a local gathering that is an expression of Christ's body in our particular places. #SlowChurch

— SlowChurch.com (@SlowChurches) May 22, 2014

Fast and slow are not just rates of change, writes @carlhonore. "They are shorthand for ways of being, or philosophies of life." #SlowChurch

— SlowChurch.com (@SlowChurches) May 22, 2014

Scripture as improv: it provides the basic plotline and then gives churches extraordinary freedom and creative opportunity. #SlowChurch

— SlowChurch.com (@SlowChurches) May 23, 2014

Read more quotes on our Twitter profile…