Guys, if you’re in the Ellis County area and you’re not making it on Wednesday mornings you’re really missing out.
This week Brian shared 5 things missionaries never say:
It goes right along with everything I’m reading, hearing and discussing right now. It matches the encounter 9 discussion and the Inverted series Brian’s been bringing on Sunday mornings and I think it really goes along with The Ragamuffin Gospel and Everything Must Change.
I just have to keep reviewing the things in my life and say God > others > me.
It must be so much less me and so much more of others and God.
It (Christianity) has focused on “me†and “my soul†and “my spiritual life†and “my eternal destiny,†but it has failed to address the dominant societal and global realities of their lifetime: systemic injustice, systemic poverty, systemic ecological crisis, systemic dysfunctions of many kinds.
…those remaining in local churches and those outside of them share the same sense of doubt: a message purporting to be the best news in the world should be doing better than this. The religion’s results are not commensurate with the bold claims it makes. Truly good news, they feel, would confront systemic injustice, target significant global dysfunctions, and provide hope and resources for making a better world – along with helping individuals experience a full life.
(we find ourselves wishing for)… a vibrant form of Christian faith that is holistic, integral, and balanced – one that offers good news for both the living and the dying, that speaks of God’s grace at work both in this life and the life to come, that speaks to individuals and to societies and to the planet as a whole.
– Brian D. McLaren :: Everything Must Change
