panatda

This was one of those paradigm-shifting books for me. There was a lot of Shane Claiborne-esque stuff from The Irresistible Revolution that I agreed with, but this book made me think more deeply about it, particularly a Christian's response to war and being in the army. I'd never had cause to really think about that before, and I'm glad I did. A very good, challenging and encouraging read. pg 193: "We might hope to change the world through better, bigger programs to stop global warming, but global warming will not end unless people become less greedy and less wasteful, gaining a fresh vision of what it means to love our global neighbour." I fully agree with this. quote by Peter Maurin on pg 212: "If I am crazy, it's because I refuse to be crazy in the same way that the world has gone crazy." This is me completely. pg 281-282: "Ridding the world of evil by violent means only creates and sustains evil. This is the point of Jesus' politics." Exactly. pg 287: "Since one of the most precious treasures of the church is the gift of community, one of the most powerful disciplines of the church is isolation from community." This was interesting to think about. What excommunication is really supposed to be. pg 298: "At one point, the intentional community in Philly was told that the way we live is a violation of city laws. In a culture driven by the detached nuclear family, extreme individualism, and obsession with home ownership and entitlement, Christian community itself goes against the grain. City officials informed us that because we had many unrelated people living under the same roof, we were violating a 'brothel law'. We were officially branded as a Christian brothel!" This is beautiful. The authors also alluded to a poem that I quite like, the Mad Farmer's Liberation Front. Given the place I learned about this poem, I shouldn't be surprised at all that it's in here. So, friends, every day do something that won't compute.

2023-02-12 07:29