I liked the book for the most part. I sort of thought there'd be more speaking from a skeptic's point of view. But a critic of the Christian culture is an important endeavor as well.
I thought there were a lot of different assumptions that were made concerning various points of view, and so there were some jumps that a reader such as myself had to make. Seeing as how the book was written in the early 2000's that does make sense.
I like his bend toward social justice and he also seems well traveled into the realm of secular thinkers and communicators. It does us a disservice as communicators in this century to be in our faith bubble and think that that's how people should think.
It was a little tough reading all his stuff about being single and wondering about marriage and girlfriends ugh.. I know it was his journey but I have a bias, I think, about guys that aren't married. I just think of them as kids. There's an emotional muscle that marriage works that I think is crucial to a spiritual journey. I know, I should tell that to the celibate monks who are way more peaceful than I've ever been.
Overall it did make me miss a time when we weren't so polarized as a country that Evangelicals could read this book and not write him off as a heretic for some of the stuff he said about Republicans.
Lastly I really like what he said about unconditional love. This was his place to shine as a well-read guy with lots of liberal and non-church friends. The church could learn a lot from a guy like this who obviously hangs out with people who don't believe like him and he doesn't try to change them to be on his team. He just watches as God touches their journey and he gets to be a small part of it.
I thought there were a lot of different assumptions that were made concerning various points of view, and so there were some jumps that a reader such as myself had to make. Seeing as how the book was written in the early 2000's that does make sense.
I like his bend toward social justice and he also seems well traveled into the realm of secular thinkers and communicators. It does us a disservice as communicators in this century to be in our faith bubble and think that that's how people should think.
It was a little tough reading all his stuff about being single and wondering about marriage and girlfriends ugh.. I know it was his journey but I have a bias, I think, about guys that aren't married. I just think of them as kids. There's an emotional muscle that marriage works that I think is crucial to a spiritual journey. I know, I should tell that to the celibate monks who are way more peaceful than I've ever been.
Overall it did make me miss a time when we weren't so polarized as a country that Evangelicals could read this book and not write him off as a heretic for some of the stuff he said about Republicans.
Lastly I really like what he said about unconditional love. This was his place to shine as a well-read guy with lots of liberal and non-church friends. The church could learn a lot from a guy like this who obviously hangs out with people who don't believe like him and he doesn't try to change them to be on his team. He just watches as God touches their journey and he gets to be a small part of it.
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