Comments on: In My Father’s House http://burnsidewriters.com/2009/12/01/in-my-fathers-house/ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:37:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: EmilyTimbol http://burnsidewriters.com/2009/12/01/in-my-fathers-house/comment-page-1/#comment-13597 EmilyTimbol Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:16:49 +0000 http://burnsidewriters.com/?p=7238#comment-13597 Sarah, This was absolutley beautiful. Thank you for sharing your experiences. Sarah,
This was absolutley beautiful. Thank you for sharing your experiences.

]]> By: Larry Shallenberger http://burnsidewriters.com/2009/12/01/in-my-fathers-house/comment-page-1/#comment-13570 Larry Shallenberger Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:58:28 +0000 http://burnsidewriters.com/?p=7238#comment-13570 I grew up in small congregation churches, not as a PK, but as a member of a family that lived close in the life of both churches. My parents wisely left the one small church when they realized that our extended family made up too much of the congregation-- There was a Shallenberger/Short voting-block that would have broken the spine of any pastor. We joined another small congregation on the other side of town and grew up all the politics you wrote of, but from a safer vantage point. Somehow, in spite of the parochial games, the Robert's Rules of Order, the infighting, and the smallness of it all, God manages to work. I grew up in small congregation churches, not as a PK, but as a member of a family that lived close in the life of both churches. My parents wisely left the one small church when they realized that our extended family made up too much of the congregation– There was a Shallenberger/Short voting-block that would have broken the spine of any pastor.

We joined another small congregation on the other side of town and grew up all the politics you wrote of, but from a safer vantage point.

Somehow, in spite of the parochial games, the Robert’s Rules of Order, the infighting, and the smallness of it all, God manages to work.

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