Comments on: Cookie Cutter Souls

By: Why You Should Have a Church if You’ve Been Shot (and more links) « Thinking Out Loud

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:58:25 +0000

[...] It’s been awhile since we linked to Nashville pastor Pete Wilson’s blog. In this post, he talks about the expectations we have for people in our churches, that they will fit into a certain mold; or as he calls them Cookie Cutter Souls. [...]

By: Weekly roundup of the best church planting related blog posts | Planting Space

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:48:45 +0000

[...] Cookie Cutter Souls Without Wax by Pete Wilson Pete talks about how some of the church’s expectations have done immense damage to the body of Christ. [...]

By: Tiffany

Tiffany — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:14:44 +0000

Pete….CUPCAKES! I could eat a zillion cupcakes. Dan cannot understand my obsession with them but I love it.

Oh and watching the Hills. Don’t ask me why. I guess I just like the drama. LOL!
.-= Tiffany´s last blog ..Back to the Daily Grind =-.

By: Chrystie

Chrystie — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:14:27 +0000

Wow! There is nothing to add to this! Love, love, love it! Great post, once again. Thanks! .-= Chrystie´s last blog ..Finding God In Unexpected Places =-.

By: Pete Wilson

Pete Wilson — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:43:15 +0000

@Teresa, I’ve been wanting a good excuse to read that book anyway. Thanks for the motivation.

By: Teresa M.

Teresa M. — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:33:00 +0000

Look at page 70 in Max Lucado’s new book–Fearless. There is a paragraph about where we find God and when He has our keenest attention. It is not usually where we expect to find Him, but that is where He does His best work.

By: Mike in Milwaukee

Mike in Milwaukee — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:38:34 +0000

Great post Pete,

—-Everyone should relate to God in the same way. (But isn’t Scripture full of examples of different people relating to God in different ways.)—-

Just saw a clip from John Ortberg in which he asked a group of folks, “how many of you don’t care for journaling as part of your spiritual regimen?” He said the hands of most in the group not only were raised, but SHOT UP! It seems he sensed there was more than a little resentment about “the right way to grow.”

He went on to say that none of us is likely to have the same growth style and that when we (the church) push people to do it “one way” it’s like forcing little left-handed johnny or mary to write right-handed “correctly” like the rest of the kids.

By: Faith Barista | Bonnie

Faith Barista | Bonnie — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:12:54 +0000

Man, I wish every pastor would read today’s post. Then, maybe I wouldn’t have been burned so badly earlier when I was a young sprig. The good news is that God had my back and brought others along the way to help me heal with the truth and their love.

By: Pete Wilson

Pete Wilson — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:03:18 +0000

@Harold, you know early in my ministry I really screwed this up. You were there to witness that and unfortunately were probably the victim of it from time to time.

By: Pete Wilson

Pete Wilson — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:01:23 +0000

@Amanda, it is one of my goals to help people understand that it is in those seasons that we feel God is not there that we actually need to lean into Him the most.