Comments on: Leaving / arriving http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/05/02/leaving-arriving/ by Dave Walker Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:58:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jill http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/05/02/leaving-arriving/comment-page-1/#comment-125948 Jill Mon, 07 May 2007 13:10:04 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/05/02/leaving-arriving/#comment-125948 there's a man who has been stranded on a desert island for 15 years. he is finally rescued by a passing ship. the ship's captain asks 'why have you built 3 huts on the island?' the man replies 'well that's my house, that's my church, and that's the church i used to go to.' there’s a man who has been stranded on a desert island for 15 years. he is finally rescued by a passing ship. the ship’s captain asks ‘why have you built 3 huts on the island?’ the man replies ‘well that’s my house, that’s my church, and that’s the church i used to go to.’

]]> By: Tom http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/05/02/leaving-arriving/comment-page-1/#comment-125316 Tom Fri, 04 May 2007 22:03:48 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/05/02/leaving-arriving/#comment-125316 Mary, Its the people who don't realize they are the church who are really at fault. Mary,
Its the people who don’t realize they are the church who are really at fault.

]]> By: Mary http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/05/02/leaving-arriving/comment-page-1/#comment-125313 Mary Fri, 04 May 2007 21:41:32 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/05/02/leaving-arriving/#comment-125313 So, is it the church that is at fault, or the people? Just wondering... So, is it the church that is at fault, or the people?

Just wondering…

]]> By: Geronimo http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/05/02/leaving-arriving/comment-page-1/#comment-125295 Geronimo Fri, 04 May 2007 19:04:33 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/05/02/leaving-arriving/#comment-125295 It can't be the American church, you'd have a LOT less people arriving than leaving. It can’t be the American church, you’d have a LOT less people arriving than leaving.

]]> By: jody http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/05/02/leaving-arriving/comment-page-1/#comment-125251 jody Fri, 04 May 2007 12:40:29 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/05/02/leaving-arriving/#comment-125251 am beginning to feel a slight interloper on this thread - whilst I laffed at the poignancy of this cartoon and post it on my blog, I did (shh don't tell anyone) actually leave a church and join a new one. less about the way things were done and more about surviving really.... :-) am beginning to feel a slight interloper on this thread – whilst I laffed at the poignancy of this cartoon and post it on my blog, I did (shh don’t tell anyone) actually leave a church and join a new one.

less about the way things were done and more about surviving really…. :-)

]]> By: St http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/05/02/leaving-arriving/comment-page-1/#comment-125223 St Fri, 04 May 2007 10:03:18 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/05/02/leaving-arriving/#comment-125223 The grass is greener on the other side either because of the climate or there is more fertilizer used. So, wetter with more crap. Alluring really. The grass is greener on the other side either because of the climate or there is more fertilizer used. So, wetter with more crap. Alluring really.

]]> By: Martha http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/05/02/leaving-arriving/comment-page-1/#comment-125153 Martha Fri, 04 May 2007 01:55:09 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/05/02/leaving-arriving/#comment-125153 They come, they go. I stayed. And I worked on committees, served on the vestry and I wasn't alone. Thanks, Dave! They come, they go.
I stayed. And I worked on committees, served on the vestry and I wasn’t alone.
Thanks, Dave!

]]> By: John Davies http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/05/02/leaving-arriving/comment-page-1/#comment-125113 John Davies Thu, 03 May 2007 20:28:06 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/05/02/leaving-arriving/#comment-125113 I tried pasting this over my weetabix, however it got very soggy and the ink ran into the milk. However this cartoon is an absolute gem and saves me having to wade through a hundred deeply analytical Emerging Church web pages on the topic. I tried pasting this over my weetabix, however it got very soggy and the ink ran into the milk. However this cartoon is an absolute gem and saves me having to wade through a hundred deeply analytical Emerging Church web pages on the topic.

]]> By: Chris Clark http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/05/02/leaving-arriving/comment-page-1/#comment-125048 Chris Clark Thu, 03 May 2007 08:43:13 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/05/02/leaving-arriving/#comment-125048 Excellent Dave, Another sad reflection on the highly individualistic view of Christianity which we all seem to have nowadays. The vicar at this Church hasn't got it quite right as the same number of people are leaving as joining. If he was on the ball he would make the guy down the road feel worse by being a net gainer of people. This is what much of modern church growth is all about :-( Excellent Dave,

Another sad reflection on the highly individualistic view of Christianity which we all seem to have nowadays.

The vicar at this Church hasn’t got it quite right as the same number of people are leaving as joining. If he was on the ball he would make the guy down the road feel worse by being a net gainer of people. This is what much of modern church growth is all about :-(

]]> By: David Keen http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/05/02/leaving-arriving/comment-page-1/#comment-125045 David Keen Thu, 03 May 2007 07:45:51 +0000 http://www.cartoonchurch.com/blog/2007/05/02/leaving-arriving/#comment-125045 Absolute cracker, ministers up and down the country are pasting this into their blogs over their weetabix. Absolute cracker, ministers up and down the country are pasting this into their blogs over their weetabix.

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