We've never done it this way before. So maybe that's why we should try it.
I have read 2 interesting books this winter: Church in the Inventive Age by Doug Paget, a leader in the Emerging Church, and Poke the Box by Seth Godin, a leading writer in the area of current culture and business. Both of them emphasize that one characteristic of life in the 21st century is the willingness -- ideed the necessity -- of creating new ways to do things.
Paget is especially clear that the era where Christians were content to sit in a room and listen to an "expert" tell them what to think is part of a fading past. Red Letter Christians in this decade want to experience for themselves what it means to follow Jesus and share their experence with others. This blog is a vehicle we can use to do exactly that.
Check out the blog before each class to see what's coming. Come back afterwards to post your comments, ask questions, and respond to what others say. Invite friends who can't attend the classes to read along. Who knows, this might turn out to be something important!
I am looking forward to the class. I really am enjoying what I have read so far of the book. I just finished the chapter on the "Political message of Jesus, and I will be surprised if this doesn't stimulate some lively discussion.
ReplyDeleteI am finding a lot of similarity in this writing and Campolo's "Red Letter Christians" book.