An idle thought...
Well, actually this is something that I've been thinking about for a while now, so it's not so idle. I'm just now thinking about maybe actually doing something about it, is all...
See, I'm a Christian who, for many reasons, doesn't attend church. Mostly, this is because it was a church way back when that made me hate God so I have a sort of an instinctive repulsion against them. Also, it's because I tend to think that churches over time become too much about the Pastor and not enough about the Lord. However, this doesn't mean that I'm above needing fellowship with other Christians. It's just that I'm more of a home fellowship/small group kind of gal. Unfortunately, I live in a remote/rural area, and the one home fellowship that I was attending is now held in town, which is a half-hour drive one way for me. The last thing I want to do when I get home from work is drive back into town again. But I also feel terribly out of place at most churches.
So, since I have several evil/strange/fun Christians of various denominations on my friends list, I thought I'd throw out an idea here in my journal. I've been thinking about creating an online forum of some type on which we could create something of an online home fellowship (as much of an oxymoron as that might be. :) ) We could do all sorts of things, if we wanted. Bible study. Discussion of issues, maybe some debates (or maybe not). Talk about various denominations' takes on certain issues. Offer testimonies. Prayer requests. Just generally shoring up other folks who might be in a difficult place in their walk with the Lord. Just whatever. At the moment, I'm thinking that it'd be a "membership by application/approval" kind of place because I really would want it to be a place of fellowship, not of defending Christianity from those who don't follow it. We could perhaps let in people who don't believe if they're curious about the faith and want to talk to reasonable Christians, though, if we decided to do so. This kind of fellowship is what is lacking in my life and in frostymook's life, as well. We have Christian friends, but when we get together, we're generally not talking about Christian stuff, unfortunately. So I thought maybe we could do an online sort of thing.
Any thoughts? Like I said, just an idea I've been thinking about for several months now...
Note to self: I really need to re-do the Jesus fish icon...
See, I'm a Christian who, for many reasons, doesn't attend church. Mostly, this is because it was a church way back when that made me hate God so I have a sort of an instinctive repulsion against them. Also, it's because I tend to think that churches over time become too much about the Pastor and not enough about the Lord. However, this doesn't mean that I'm above needing fellowship with other Christians. It's just that I'm more of a home fellowship/small group kind of gal. Unfortunately, I live in a remote/rural area, and the one home fellowship that I was attending is now held in town, which is a half-hour drive one way for me. The last thing I want to do when I get home from work is drive back into town again. But I also feel terribly out of place at most churches.
So, since I have several evil/strange/fun Christians of various denominations on my friends list, I thought I'd throw out an idea here in my journal. I've been thinking about creating an online forum of some type on which we could create something of an online home fellowship (as much of an oxymoron as that might be. :) ) We could do all sorts of things, if we wanted. Bible study. Discussion of issues, maybe some debates (or maybe not). Talk about various denominations' takes on certain issues. Offer testimonies. Prayer requests. Just generally shoring up other folks who might be in a difficult place in their walk with the Lord. Just whatever. At the moment, I'm thinking that it'd be a "membership by application/approval" kind of place because I really would want it to be a place of fellowship, not of defending Christianity from those who don't follow it. We could perhaps let in people who don't believe if they're curious about the faith and want to talk to reasonable Christians, though, if we decided to do so. This kind of fellowship is what is lacking in my life and in frostymook's life, as well. We have Christian friends, but when we get together, we're generally not talking about Christian stuff, unfortunately. So I thought maybe we could do an online sort of thing.
Any thoughts? Like I said, just an idea I've been thinking about for several months now...
Note to self: I really need to re-do the Jesus fish icon...