Ruined for the Ordinary

Three times this week, I’ve seen him. The first time, he was sitting in the middle of the square, just about 100ft from my front door. He is usually sitting on a little hand-made cart that helps him get around since both of his legs are missing from mid-thigh down, but the cart was nowhere to be seen. He was beating on an old guitar, yelling out some sort of song. There were several teenage boys, acting out the results of an afternoon spent in the local pivaren (pub), standing around him and teasing him. The man would periodically trade his guitar for a large stick that he would wave at the boys’ feet to keep them from kicking him too hard. The boys were laughing loudly, drowning out the man’s infandous song … (Read on …)

A few days ago, I started reading this book, THE PRESENT FUTURE, by Reggie McNeal, and I couldn’t put it down. With every turn of a page, I found myself thinking, “That’s what we keep saying here! That’s what we keep talking about when we are sitting around my kitchen table!” Reggie McNeal challenges Christians to stop answering the wrong questions with the way we promote “churchianity” and to start asking the tough questions that will hopefully further the kingdom of God, and I find this a very compelling topic! (Read on …)