First:
Via the Progressive Blogger Network, I found The Mindful Mission. I haven’t had time to delve into much of his writing just yet, but if his bio and reading list are a hint, I will soon add him to the daily reading list.
Next:
From Mindful Mission, I found this post. Wow…just, wow.
to fear what is different
to attack what you fear
to validate deeply held cultural values while critiquing surface “values”
to live with the hypocrisy of it
to deny the hypocrisy of it
to have an allergy to honesty
to resent this list because the shoe fits
to label as “liberal” anything contrary or critical of Christians, especially when it’s deserved
to downplay any and all legitimate criticism
to wrap our cookies in barbed wire and then excuse it by saying “the Gospel is offensive”
That’s only the beginning. Man, it reminds me of church from while I was growing up. Take a look at the rest.
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Oh my… I read the entire post at his blog, and it made me really sad. I found some of those steretypes to be true in my own family and in how I sometimes act. This reminded me of what my boyfriend’s pastor once said, “When you ask someone why they’re not a Christian, it usually has nothing to do with Jesus or the Bible – oftentimes, it’s because they don’t like Christians.” That kind of stunned me.