tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132042.post3053662483717185332..comments2023-10-30T03:16:28.472-05:00Comments on Guitar Priest: Missional Church 7 -- AA: Organized Around Practices Not ProgramsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132042.post-48351784246452800152013-08-24T09:00:20.493-05:002013-08-24T09:00:20.493-05:00Years after this blogpost I, too, am looking at AA...Years after this blogpost I, too, am looking at AA as an organizational model for the church, and I also just purchased Starfish and Spider. Also, yesterday I heard Jono Bacon speak, and I purchased his book, Art of Community.<br /><br />Blessings.Chris Duckworthhttp://www.lutheranzephyr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132042.post-62944435980312951352007-05-22T22:44:00.000-05:002007-05-22T22:44:00.000-05:00It also seems that, to do it this way, they have t...It also seems that, to do it this way, they have to trust people rather than techniques.Kylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14641068117855718120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132042.post-78422759908645815892007-05-22T08:21:00.000-05:002007-05-22T08:21:00.000-05:00You're right Bob.My point wasn't about what motiva...You're right Bob.<BR/><BR/>My point wasn't about what motivates folks to join AA, my point was about how it is organized.<BR/><BR/>Other examples of this kind of organization are:<BR/><BR/>Craigslist<BR/>Linux<BR/>Al Qaeda<BR/>Wikipedia<BR/>Apache Indians<BR/>William Wallace of ScotlandPeterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02295156469257261349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4132042.post-21571896651297078962007-05-22T08:05:00.000-05:002007-05-22T08:05:00.000-05:00I think the aspect that AA has that cannot be read...I think the aspect that AA has that cannot be readily replicated in the church is that the folks who go to AA have already come face-to-face with the reality of their own total depravity/addiction to alcohol (losing jobs, spouses, homes, family, self-respect, etc.) and are desperately in search of redemption, reconciliation, and healing.<BR/><BR/>The people who walk in to churches just want to feel like they're "doing the right thing".Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15551331996392135589noreply@blogger.com