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…