tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16811369.post7496684428491419002..comments2023-10-24T01:23:36.470-07:00Comments on Thin Places: Blogging through the Orthodox Heretic, day 9royhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00508828835908673347noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16811369.post-74927684708923640902010-02-27T12:11:03.069-08:002010-02-27T12:11:03.069-08:00OK, so I'm reading this book and finding it ve...OK, so I'm reading this book and finding it very thought-provoking, particularly after having just finished reading "The Case for God" by Karen Armstrong. <br />It seems to me that several of these parables (not necessarily this one so much) point indirectly to the irrelevance of the institutional church as it exists now in the developed world. That is, the church seems irrelevant to the extent that it is not focused on serving the needs of the poor. <br />I think the church for many people has become an idol, as has the Bible (echoing Peter Gomes here).Kathy Moorenoreply@blogger.com