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July 30th, 2006

The evolution of a worshipper

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You can find a larger version of this cartoon here along with information about republishing it in your own church publication or elsewhere.

This one may or may not be in the book which I am still hoping might be coming out in time for the Greenbelt festival. But the honest truth is that I don’t know whether it will. As soon as I have more information about this you will be among the first to know.

Apologies for the lack of new CartoonChurch.com material recently. It’s been a bit of a stressful time as I keep on telling you (Oooh, he does go on), but come September there will be plenty more time for me to do things like post more new cartoons for subscribers and lots of other jobs that have not been done. I am aware, for instance, that I am way way behind on lots of admin tasks. If you are waiting for some sort of piece of paper from me then I would really appreciate your patience and mercy. Thank you.

I now have only one campervanload of bobs to ferry tomorrow from Rayleigh to my new home in Essex town X (I’ll have to tell you the name of the town sooner or later, but for now it is remaining mysteriously shrouded). There were bits and bobs but the bits have now all been moved.

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<p>Cartoon by <a href="http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/">Dave Walker</a>. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at <a href="http://www.weblogcartoons.com/">We Blog Cartoons</a>.</p>

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11 Responses to “The evolution of a worshipper”


  1. Katie says:

    I’m definitely at the hands in the pockets stage. Does that mean I get to carry the cross some time soon?

    Great cartoons, man!

    July 31st, 2006 at 12:51 am
  2. Sivin says:

    Gareth (my almost 4year old son) and I giggled and laughed out loud after seeing this. I can relate with every single phase. And I’m comfortable as well as able step in and out of the phases too :-) Worship is never stagnant isn’t it? Thanks

    July 31st, 2006 at 1:41 am
  3. Kyle says:

    You complete me.

    July 31st, 2006 at 3:13 am
  4. Larry Day says:

    Wonderful cartoon. We can go from right to left as well. What about the gaps in between each person in the line when we’re not doing the worship/church thing. When church doesn’t scratch where we are itching.

    Good luck with the house move Dave.

    July 31st, 2006 at 11:59 am
  5. Nefertiki says:

    As for:

    “… but come September there will be plenty more time for me to do things …”

    Yes, but don’t forget the married person’s “Honey, do …” list provided daily by the spouse. That takes up a certain amount of time:).

    July 31st, 2006 at 3:47 pm
  6. ee says:

    Genius cartoon, one of your best.

    Can’t stop grinning.

    July 31st, 2006 at 9:12 pm
  7. William says:

    I find it interesting that the Apostles and disciples of the early church did not experience this “evolution.” Granted, many of them died of martyrdom, yet, their zeal never went away. I wonder what they had that “evolved” worshippers do not have today? Could it be the Baptism of the Holy Ghost?

    August 1st, 2006 at 4:45 am
  8. Serena says:

    I like it, and I’ve linked to it.

    William: I don’t think that ending up at the right-hand end is indicative of a lack of zeal. In fact, in my experience it takes courage to realise you are not a hands-in-the-air charismatic kind of worshipper but someone who is more comfortable worshipping God within a different sort of churchmanship.

    August 2nd, 2006 at 2:27 pm
  9. The Boars Head Tavern says:

    McKnight on Disillusioned 20-somethings

    Scot McKnight has a review (book link – website) up today on Sarah Cunningham’s Dear Church: Letters from a Disillusioned Generation.
    Instead of the usual picture of young people leaving the church, never to return, this book talks about people w…

    August 22nd, 2006 at 3:03 pm
  10. Emma says:

    This should be on a t-shirt, it’s fantastic! A little worried to see that I am at stage 4 already…

    August 23rd, 2006 at 12:53 pm
  11. On pastoral theology for the missional church in a postmodern world « just an apprentice says:

    [...] 4th, 2006 · No Comments When we think about the radical changes that are taking place in our time, it behooves us tothink about how it impacts the church. I have done a lot of thinking about pastoral theology in the missional church. What does missional leadership look like? Both Missional Church (Guder) and A Peculiar People (Clapp) are very good resources as we think about how the changing cultural landscape impacts the church and her mission. McLaren has also written a lot about how all these changes might impact the ways we think about church, mission, leadership and training models in non-traditional ways (see Emergent Village). [...]

    June 7th, 2007 at 8:35 pm