A few years back, while at Soularize in the Bahamas, I had the opportunity to hang out a bit with Rustin Smith. I was way impressed with his passion and thoughts on the nature of "Church." Recently Rustin posted some very insightful thoughts on an issue a lot of people have with the "Church," namely how the "Church" is not sensitive to their needs and the pain in their lives.
Exploring a quote from Peter Rollins, Smith questions exactly what the role of the Church should be in dealing with parishoner's personal needs. His answer may surprise you.
It is definitely something to chew on.
[HT: Mike King for pointing out the post.]
I guess this thinking can relieve a lot of stress from the church. Moving it from the 'hub of community' to a more realistic view of the 'instigator of community'.
Posted by: Brad Thayer | June 15, 2009 at 12:00 PM
Hey Mike - thanks for the link! I remember the Bahamas fondly. What a great group of people. Peace to you!
Posted by: Rustin Smith | June 17, 2009 at 01:35 PM
Hey Mike, you got to check out the new Dallas Willard book. I just got it. Its pretty good so far. He does some actually philosophy in this one. I'm really interested in what the reaction is going to be to it in certain wings of the emerging conversation. He's basically throwing down the gauntlet for "knowledge" or "knowing" in a very un-pomo sense of the term. Not in a heavily modern, rationalistic sense, but still in an objective sense with propositions and the whole shebang.
Anyways, thought you'd be interested.
By the way, how the Wright book coming for you? Pretty good huh?
Blessings.
Posted by: Derek Rishmawy | June 23, 2009 at 10:44 PM