Comments on: The Difficult Task of Building Community http://headsparks.com/2007/05/04/the-difficult-task-of-building-community/ //in the glow, then it fades Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:44:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: daniel so http://headsparks.com/2007/05/04/the-difficult-task-of-building-community/#comment-56 Wed, 09 May 2007 17:41:45 +0000 http://headsparks.com/2007/05/04/the-difficult-task-of-building-community/#comment-56 Kye — Thanks for stopping by and commenting. I agree that the book is very open-ended. Even though we don’t want to jump directly to the application/take-away, it is difficult to fill in *all* the blanks when it comes to implementing a new system.

I think Myers would agree that it is beneficial for us to study and learn from a wide variety of small group/community paradigms. For me, it was a relief just to hear that “small groups = intimate community” is not a guaranteed formula for success, or that not living up to that formula means the church is failing.

]]> By: ksc http://headsparks.com/2007/05/04/the-difficult-task-of-building-community/#comment-55 Wed, 09 May 2007 01:42:47 +0000 http://headsparks.com/2007/05/04/the-difficult-task-of-building-community/#comment-55 I read this book a couple of years ago and really struggled with it. I really liked the 4 spaces and definitely, the first chapter was a good one. But, I definitely had a lot more questions after reading it.

More than anything, I don’t think I appreciated the tone and posture of the author … It seems like he had a LOT of bad experiences with small groups and were projecting them on all small group experiences. I’m sure that many people have had similar experiences and resonated with it … but there are other models of small groups.

I do admit that I have been heavily influenced by the closed small group system at North Point (Creating Community by Andy Stanley/Bill Willits).

]]> By: daniel so http://headsparks.com/2007/05/04/the-difficult-task-of-building-community/#comment-51 Fri, 04 May 2007 23:06:16 +0000 http://headsparks.com/2007/05/04/the-difficult-task-of-building-community/#comment-51 Bruce — I look forward to hearing that podcast. You guys are so techno-cool!

]]> By: daniel so http://headsparks.com/2007/05/04/the-difficult-task-of-building-community/#comment-50 Fri, 04 May 2007 23:05:43 +0000 http://headsparks.com/2007/05/04/the-difficult-task-of-building-community/#comment-50 Marko — Thanks for the suggestion. While I probably won’t be sending out my computer for any more work, I do think I’ll make time to read “Organic Community” sometime soon :)

]]> By: Bruce Reyes-Chow http://headsparks.com/2007/05/04/the-difficult-task-of-building-community/#comment-49 Fri, 04 May 2007 19:35:17 +0000 http://headsparks.com/2007/05/04/the-difficult-task-of-building-community/#comment-49 Our intern just preached on this book at it was well received by our folks. There should be podcast of it up soon at http://www.blogs.missionbaycc.org. i think his four areas are very helpful, especially in this day and age of social networking.

]]> By: marko http://headsparks.com/2007/05/04/the-difficult-task-of-building-community/#comment-48 Fri, 04 May 2007 19:15:09 +0000 http://headsparks.com/2007/05/04/the-difficult-task-of-building-community/#comment-48 joe has a brand new book out also, called “Organic Community: Creating a Place Where People Naturally Connect” and published by Baker.

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