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January 15, 2004

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Community Midrash - Proper Confidence by Lesslie Newbigin

From left to right - Jameson, Jenn, Todd, Scott, DeanneLast night at Jacob’s Well, we had a midrash on Lesslie Newbigin’s book, Proper Confidence: Faith, Doubt, and Certainty in Christian Discipleship. But, I must admit, I went primarily to listen — I have not yet read the book. Nevertheless, the discussion was great. It was controversial, insightful, invigorating, introspective, revealing…bewildering…frustrating. So many ideas were discussed and I feel like I only came away with a few of them. And some ideas were brand new ones — ones that I am going to have to wrestle with for a while.

From front to back - John, Mike, Tim, HaroldI was fortunate enough to be in the same room as Jason Clark (of Emergent-UK fame). His breadth of knowledge is staggering and I was blown away by his ability to tell a story. Though I didn’t get to talk to him one-on-one, he seems like a very genuine, nice guy with a loving heart who is truly seeking the Lord.

A couple of Clark’s passions are the Theology of Creation and “being human.” I can’t begin to convey the things that he spoke about last night (and is currently writing about). As someone who comes from a mostly “modernist” Christian upbringing, I can only say that the topic was intersting and mind-opening (even if I don’t necessarily agree with every point he made at this chapter in my story). In any case, I am glad to have met From left to right - Brooke, AshleyJason Clark. His ability to think “outside of the box” is inspiring.

Not only did I not read the book that was being discussed, but I had to leave early as well. I’m sure the discussion remained lively and enlightening. If you ever have the urging to pick something (book, movie, culture, whatever) to discuss with others in your church, you should. It is worth the time and effort. The community that can be created by intimate dialog — fellow sojourners opening up their hearts and minds with each other — is an amazing blessing.

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Tim.

This is a book that I’ve borrowed from a seminary friend of mine, and I’ve really been putting it off (too much other material to read). But, you’ve rekindled my interest in the book, for I’ve heard that it’s paradigm-shattering.
Posted by: p.e.horner at January 17, 2004 12:16 PM

Can you tell me more about how you did the community midrash?
Posted by: graham at January 22, 2004 04:56 PM

timsamoff () (URL) - November 15, 2005 at 09:25 am

You might notice that the link “being human” does not work anymore — I will try and see if I can get a new link from Jason Clark (it was a great Blog post).

timsamoff () (URL) - November 15, 2005 at 09:26 am

  
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