Anne ortlund in her book up with worship groups christians into two categories marbles and grapes.
Up with worship bag of marbles grapes.
Bunch of grapes or bag of marbles.
Grapes cluster together for a long time and then they work together to form into one great unit sometimes juice sometimes jelly sometimes jam and sometimes just a snack.
Tensions arise in jesus church when members act like marbles.
Marbles are single units that don t affect each other except in collision grapes on the other hand mingle juices.
One bag made noise but remains unchanged.
He gets back one bag of marbles and one bag of mush.
Grapes on the other hand mingle juices.
The early christians didn t bounce around like loose marbles ricocheting in all directions.
But each grape has been changed by the grapes clustered around it.
Address at salisbury diocesan synod 18 february 2012.
Marbles are single units that don t affect each other except in collision.
Churches are either bags of marbles or grapes.
Instead as anne ortlund suggests in her book up with worship we need to be more like grapes.
Grapes cluster together for a long time and then they work together to form into one great unit sometimes juice sometimes jelly sometimes jam and sometimes just a snack.
Grapes on the otherhand mingle juices.
A bag of marbles or a cluster of grapes.
The difference is authentic community.
Each one is a part of the fragrance of the church body this analogy paints a fairly accurate picture of church life.
But each grape has been changed by the grapes clustered around it.
Marbles hold their space in the bag while rubbing with great pressure against its neighboring marble.
Then kevin walks over and asks for the two bags.
Who knows the anglican communion best and has the most up to.
In the sense that it was reformed in its focus on the grace of god in.
Each one is a part of fragrance of the church body.
The other bag changed quietly and the contents will never be the same.
Each one is a part of the fragrance of the church body.