tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639656871945332114.post1530706265816218680..comments2023-06-30T05:50:02.162-05:00Comments on Returned Sheep: Don’t Just Listen to the SermonAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352303680423595922noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639656871945332114.post-51236988199937039682010-01-10T16:54:58.139-06:002010-01-10T16:54:58.139-06:00Michelle - Learning style plays a major role here ...Michelle - Learning style plays a major role here as well. Some people don't need to take notes or take part in some further exercise to be engaged. However our minds can be so cluttered by daily life that if I've not done something intentional to apply what I've heard I may just as easily have forgotten the message by the time I get to my car in the church parking lot.<br /><br />Stay tuned for parts two and three where accountability and interaction will be discussed.<br /><br />Thanks for your comments.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17352303680423595922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4639656871945332114.post-41943258394372826142010-01-10T16:39:40.646-06:002010-01-10T16:39:40.646-06:00Does faith have to come by hearing? I remember ver...Does faith have to come by hearing? I remember very few of the sermons I've *heard* over the last 35+ years I've been a Christian, even when I used to take notes in order to enhance my interaction and learning with the sermon. <br /><br />I've learned more by reading (and once told a pastor I wished I could just read the text of his sermons instead of sitting there listening to him deliver it) - and even more by engaging in thoughtful dialogue formally in a small group or informally, over coffee with a friend. Interaction builds accountability, conviction and worship in my life. It might be true in the lives of at least some of your congregations as well.<br /><br />Your desire to encourage people to engage instead of consume (and forget) is wise and definitely pastoral.Michelle Van Loonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17069884177270291492noreply@blogger.com