My buddy Thomas and his wife are heading on a spiritual retreat this weekend with some friends.
Keep them in your prayers.
Thomas is a big encouragement to me – we seem to be asking many of the same questions. We may word them differently or focus on different ones and different times but I think overall we’re asking the same things.
I talked about “Everything Must Change” and spoke of the dilemma / challenge I have with the “Prosperity” section — the one that describes/discusses “Theocapitalism”. We spoke of independent coffee shops, open source software and charity shops as means of subverting the consumerist agenda. Fab.
We then spoke of a joint dilemma we face… how we bring people from “consumption” to “participation” in the expressions of church that we create/facilitate/direct… and how “interaction” is an important stepping stone in the transition.
Keep it up mate. Keep it up!
