brian mclaren is my hero. i'll just go ahead and put that out there. anything that i say about him or his writing is going to be ridiculously biased. i just thought any of you who are reading this should know that in advance.
that said, i have entered into yet another intentional christian community (that makes four i am currently a part of to date). it is small group discussion over the book a generous orthodoxy by my hero...i mean brian mclaren. so, you can all* expect several posts about this book.
anyway, this small group is going through this book about two chapters a week. this week we are supposed to read chapter 0. yeah, he has a chapter zero. "a generous refund." mclaren takes this chapter to warn his readers that they are about to step into a huge pile of controversy. i love that. he actually tries to dissuade people from reading his book. gotta love the honesty.
in chapter 0, mclaren gives multiple examples of the people to whom he is writing. i found myself nodded and exclaiming "YES!!! YES!!!" on many occasions. this is why i am excited about this book. it moves me to write in it, speak to it, and, sometimes, throw it into the air (i'm a very unusual reader). so here we go. the period of refunds is over. i now have to own whatever comes after.
* i use the term "all" very loosely here. i have no idea who actually reads these things. i may be the only one which i'm ok with, its just a little awkward to think you are talking to people who aren't there. but i've got a good imagination.
