Fall break is coming up soon and it marks the one year anniversary of when I read A New Kind of Christian by Brian McLaren. It is an incredible, eye-opening book that I have since loaned to several people. Shortly before I read that book I became intrigued by the emergent church conversation and read that ANKOC was a good starting point, so I read it.
My goal this fall break is to read Peter Rollins' (). Adele Sakler has written a great article, which is the first in a four-part series, about the book for (here's a if you prefer). The article has several tantalizing quotes from Rollins' book, and I am very excited to dig in when I finally have some free time during break. I'll be sure to write a review shortly after I am finished with it.
In an , Brian McLaren says:
One of the things that I love about [How (Not) to Speak of God]... is that I think it correctly identifies so much of the problem as [to] the way we speak of God... The God who would really exist has to always be greater than the language that we use in speaking about God. It gives us permission to doubt the way we speak about God as an act of faith in saying that the real God would have to be better than the way we speak about God.
Relevant Magazine recently published a . Also, I did some poking around and it looks like (who doesn't?).
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as far as the in the pan comment goes…you forgot about ball point pen tattoos, megaphones, and poor Native American accents.
and, that whole Jesus in a pan thing is awful. ironic, but awful.
Hilarious…and disturbing. What the crap are people thinking? I just saw a book this morning on craigslist called “Desparate Houswives of the Bible.” Using God seems to be a great way to make a buck. But to be fair, I’m sure Jesus pancakes are delicious. Oh and I’ve heard that this book is good, let me know what you think.
Hey Jake, thanks so much for the plug! Hope you enjoy the book and i’d love to hear your thoughts and interactions with it! Adele Sakler