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Tiny Tastes of Slow Church

Last updated on: May 24, 2014 at 9:17 am by Christopher Smith

Tiny Tastes of Slow Church 2014-05-24T09:17:59-05:00 Christopher Smith

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This week, John has started tweeting some best quotes and ideas from the Slow Church book…

If you use Twitter, make sure that you follow us: @SlowChurches . Watch for our tweets and Retweet your favorite ones. (If you have a copy of the book already, feel free to tweet your favorite quotes using the hashtag #SlowChurch. )

Even if you aren’t on Twitter, you should be able to read the quotes here:
https://twitter.com/slowchurches

Here are a few of my favorites:

Our calling into the abundant life of #SlowChurch begins and ends with the love, patience, and longsuffering of God.

— SlowChurch.com (@SlowChurches) May 19, 2014

"We are impatient, anxious to see the whole picture, but God lets us see things slowly, quietly.” – @Pontifex #SlowChurch

— SlowChurch.com (@SlowChurches) May 20, 2014

The people of God are a sort of demonstration plot for what God intends for all humanity. #SlowChurch

— SlowChurch.com (@SlowChurches) May 20, 2014

"Our century…first invented the machine and then took it as its life model.” – @SlowFoodHQ Manifesto (1989) #SlowChurch

— SlowChurch.com (@SlowChurches) May 21, 2014

Reverse Prayer of Jabez: God, Shrink our territory, And narrow our boundaries That we might truly be a blessing to all. - @paul_sparks

— SlowChurch.com (@SlowChurches) May 21, 2014

Our calling is to community, a shared life in a local gathering that is an expression of Christ's body in our particular places. #SlowChurch

— SlowChurch.com (@SlowChurches) May 22, 2014

Fast and slow are not just rates of change, writes @carlhonore. "They are shorthand for ways of being, or philosophies of life." #SlowChurch

— SlowChurch.com (@SlowChurches) May 22, 2014

Scripture as improv: it provides the basic plotline and then gives churches extraordinary freedom and creative opportunity. #SlowChurch

— SlowChurch.com (@SlowChurches) May 23, 2014

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