tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post2691719280955673789..comments2024-01-29T14:24:46.852-05:00Comments on Wes Ellis: Teaching The Impracticalwellis68http://www.blogger.com/profile/06087588494600746854noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post-26058364060912357672011-11-26T15:34:20.893-05:002011-11-26T15:34:20.893-05:00Indeed. I like "actionable." I think you...Indeed. I like "actionable." I think you're right about many pastors. Sometimes the practical things are even alienating if they're too steeped in abstractions. Makes Christianity seem irrelevant. Good thoughts!wellis68https://www.blogger.com/profile/06087588494600746854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11928317.post-6243689480308134852011-11-26T13:08:04.577-05:002011-11-26T13:08:04.577-05:00I would also argue that much of the "practica...I would also argue that much of the "practical" stuff that pastors dole out during their sermons are largely impractical or too abstract to be what I might term "actionable." I think that your post gets to the heart of the matter. That is, that the teaching of the church needs to be actionable in a concrete way for its parishioners.Dannyhttp://coldfire.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com