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10 Responses to “tfwuk”

1. Peggy Brown on February 7th, 2007 12:32 pm

   FYI…couldn’t get the link to work.

2. Peggy Brown on February 7th, 2007 12:34 pm

   I got to it this way: http://outofthecocoon.squarespace.com/

3. Paul Walker on February 7th, 2007 7:19 pm

   Thanks for the heads up Alan.

   Peggy has correctly identified the URL, although you can also use http://www.outofthecocoon.co.uk.

4. Neal on February 7th, 2007 10:21 pm

   Very weird! Paul’s link on his name works but the link he typed takes you to a domain reg place! Al’s link worked fine too! Not sure if he changed it after posting the link but no problems here!

5. Peggy Brown on February 8th, 2007 4:18 am

   Thanks…the link worked for me now…just wanted to be sure it wasn’t just something wierd from my neck of the world!

   By the way…great space, Paul….but my brain is already on overload at this site and I’m still reading Alan’s first book. I’m hoping your stuff will be up long enough for me to look at it when I get around to TFW!

6. Alan Hirsch on February 9th, 2007 10:06 am

   Serioulsy gang, you should visit this site. The post today is great with some ore interesting stuff about some of the incarnational movements out there.

7. Peggy Brown on February 9th, 2007 2:51 pm

   Hmm…reflection time, again!

   As I looked at today’s post on Paul’s site–and considered the richness of interaction I’ve experienced at this site, Alan–I am feeling overwhelmed at the grace of God in providing for our need (and want, too) for interconnection and interdependence.

   When I was on the mission field in Thailand, 30 years ago, we barely had running water, intermittent electricity, and the wait to have a phone installed was 10 years! There was no such thing as a PC or e-mail and the wait between letters was a good two weeks.

   I felt “cutting edge” because my home church in LA (where my Dad was in the middle of preaching a four-year series on the book of Romans) sent me the tape of the full service–announcements and all–each week so that I could have some kind of connection to something I could relate to. (That quickly became the missionary standard for our church, because it gave our missionaries a chance to hear who was in town, visiting, new members, etc.) When I got home, after two years away, I felt like I could step right into church community life. (Except for the terrible reverse culture shock, of course.)

   And when I left, all those tapes (and my tape player!) stayed behind to provide encouragement to others who didn’t know anyone at my LA church–but who gloried in the opportunity to have some kind of worship in the English language–even if it was two weeks later!

   All that is so say that we are so blessed to be able to have this almost instant connection and conversation in Australia, the USA, the UK… everywhere. And I, for one, am very grateful that God has made his community come so near to so many who are so far apart…it may not be a kind of incarnation, but it seems close….

   For all those jaded techno addicts out there who find themselved annoyed when anything takes more than 5 minutes (5 seconds?), or when then encounter someone is not up to speed with the latest of the latest, take a moment (should be able to do that, eh?) to count your blessings and return thanks.

   For those of us old enough to remember the great old hynm: count your blessings–name them one by one–count your many blessings, see what God has done!

8. David on February 9th, 2007 6:56 pm

   The “tfwuk” abbreviation reminds me of “fcuk”. I remember being in an FCUK shop with my daughter and noticing how expensive their clothing was. It’s like going to the tfw site and noticing now expensive Christian materials and training is.

   Other “religious” style organisations I’ve had contact with have offered their training and teaching for free, even to the extent of handing out free printed material.

   I’m not suggesting you make those sacrifices, Alan, I’m just saying “wtf”.

9. dave on February 9th, 2007 8:22 pm

   David, I don’t know wtf you are on about, but I do suggest that everyone looks at this dudes blog. Its great. Good summary of the Frost/Hirsch trilogy.

10. Paul Walker on February 9th, 2007 10:41 pm

    Thanks for the kind words folks, it’s a real encouragement.

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