Comments on: Stay Out! (but you can come back Sunday at 11) http://www.jordoncooper.com/2009/01/03/stay-out/ A weblog about urbanism, technology, & culture. Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:54:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stella http://www.jordoncooper.com/2009/01/03/stay-out/comment-page-1/#comment-7717 Stella Wed, 17 Jun 2009 08:52:06 +0000 http://www.jordoncooper.com/2009/01/03/stay-out/#comment-7717 For me, the church directly represents Christ. The church is an image of the living God. Or Lord, Jesus Christ is a god who invites, not denies. My image of Him is, as He is looking to Us with arms wide open. I'm sure Jesus wouldn't pour His blessings for a church with fence around it. I understand that we live in a dangerous world, but with this we give two undesirable messages: First is that we fear even we have Christ in our lives. Did Jesus fear when he lived? Did he fear when he was accused? No, he didn't fear. The second is that we are not like Christ who is given to everyone! For me, the church directly represents Christ. The church is an image of the living God. Or Lord, Jesus Christ is a god who invites, not denies. My image of Him is, as He is looking to Us with arms wide open. I’m sure Jesus wouldn’t pour His blessings for a church with fence around it. I understand that we live in a dangerous world, but with this we give two undesirable messages:
First is that we fear even we have Christ in our lives. Did Jesus fear when he lived? Did he fear when he was accused? No, he didn’t fear.
The second is that we are not like Christ who is given to everyone!

]]> By: Mike O http://www.jordoncooper.com/2009/01/03/stay-out/comment-page-1/#comment-6290 Mike O Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:57:24 +0000 http://www.jordoncooper.com/2009/01/03/stay-out/#comment-6290 I like the idea of mixing sports, arts and education. I work in a blue-collar job, and our breakrooms have 500 channels. Sports is a great magnet, and, fortunately, there is a lot of tolerance for "stupid questions" about arcane sports knowledge. We have a broad demographic, and about half of us sit outside the desired spectator profile. It's highly informal, but it is possible to get the "local experts" to explain why a team is doing something, like a complex football defense, or an intentional walk in baseball. This is a bit similar to those special lecture afternoons wher you can get an expert to explain a symphony or opera, as a means of marketing an off-night matinee. I get a lot of requests for college guidance, from other parents with college-bound kids (which is 80 percent of all families nowadays). If a "third place" was set up so that it was a "safe place" to ask "stupid questions", that would be a good thing. I have found that few families are solely uni-centric; one kid is into sports, one into arts and another into academics. Only a few rules - no drugs, no weapons, no accordions, no curling, things like that :) I like the idea of mixing sports, arts and education. I work in a blue-collar job, and our breakrooms have 500 channels. Sports is a great magnet, and, fortunately, there is a lot of tolerance for “stupid questions” about arcane sports knowledge. We have a broad demographic, and about half of us sit outside the desired spectator profile. It’s highly informal, but it is possible to get the “local experts” to explain why a team is doing something, like a complex football defense, or an intentional walk in baseball.

This is a bit similar to those special lecture afternoons wher you can get an expert to explain a symphony or opera, as a means of marketing an off-night matinee.

I get a lot of requests for college guidance, from other parents with college-bound kids (which is 80 percent of all families nowadays).

If a “third place” was set up so that it was a “safe place” to ask “stupid questions”, that would be a good thing. I have found that few families are solely uni-centric; one kid is into sports, one into arts and another into academics. Only a few rules – no drugs, no weapons, no accordions, no curling, things like that :)

]]> By: wilsonian http://www.jordoncooper.com/2009/01/03/stay-out/comment-page-1/#comment-6288 wilsonian Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:35:00 +0000 http://www.jordoncooper.com/2009/01/03/stay-out/#comment-6288 A dozen thoughts came to mind as I read this post. I'll spare you most of them, but wanted to mention... -Jane Jacobs had a seriously brilliant mind. -I'm becoming more convinced that 'third spaces' should be the rule, not the exception. -even so, I love what folks are doing with Sanktuary A dozen thoughts came to mind as I read this post. I’ll spare you most of them, but wanted to mention…

-Jane Jacobs had a seriously brilliant mind.
-I’m becoming more convinced that ‘third spaces’ should be the rule, not the exception.
-even so, I love what folks are doing with Sanktuary

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