Monday, March 30, 2009
Thinking about McLaren...
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A few friends and I have the privilege of meeting with Brian McLaren
this afternoon, so I'm glancing back through some of his books. I came
across this statement from the intoduction to "The Last Word and the
Word After That":
A few friends and I have the privilege of meeting with Brian McLaren
this afternoon, so I'm glancing back through some of his books. I came
across this statement from the intoduction to "The Last Word and the
Word After That":
"...clarity is good, but sometimes intrigue may be even more precious;
clarity tends to put an end to further thinking, whereas intrigue
makes one think more intensely, broadly, deeply. Jesus' teaching on
the kingdom of Go is a case in point; his parables don't score too
well on clarity, but they excel in intrigue."
I know I suffer from a desire for easy answers that make everything
simple and clear. Today I'm going to try to live into the complexity
and intrigue of my faith.
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Thanks for this post Jesse. Yesterday was really great and thinking about it now McLaren really does excite that intrigue in me to learn more about God not so that I can have Him figured out, but because God is so dang intriguing.
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