Challenges of a Post Christian Culture 05, etc.
Here are the notes that I worked from in class on Sunday. Sorry there is no audio file.
Of particular note is a recent book that I’m working through called Who Speaks For Islam? I find helpful as I’m wanting to move past raw stereotypes that I have of people from Middle Eastern descent. I didn’t notice this really until I lived in Pasadena, and lived with neighbors who were from this part of the world. They were always looked at with suspicion. That really intensified after 9/11.
Let me also call your attention to a great piece by Timothy George’s Love Amidst the Brokenness. I love what he has to say about living our lives on purpose and with a sense of calling. The home going of our dear sister Juanita has reminded me that we need to live each day to the fullest and for the best. None of us can predict what is next. All we can do is be “faithful to God’s calling, [and] bear witness to the beauty, the light, and the divine reality that we shall forever enjoy in heaven.”
