Emchad to post about this.. just because in the first 20 or so pages, I’ve gotten excited about Christianity again… it feels like it’s about Jesus again and not about “us,” not about petty differences, and not just about getting people into the club. I figured I’d put this image up there, so people could draw their own conclusions about the book, me, and others based on the person of Jesus and His legacy to us in the form of the Kingdom.

I am excited about thinking of the most serious issues of the world through the lens of Jesus and his message of the Kingdom. Besides the questions this book will raise and McLaren’s answers to these questions, I am excited about thinking through parallel crisis issues within my own neighborhood, city, state, country, and wrestling with them over scripture, dialoging with my faith community, and guiding my family. This is what I understand being a Christian to be.

I won’t agree with McLaren on everything, maybe not much, but I am looking forward to being stretched and developing my own opinions on what appropriate actions should be taken to our own global situation, and what I can do locally to accomplish my part.

interesting links:
- JOHN WESLEY AND THE EMERGING CHURCH (pdf)
- McLaren’s blog