Lately, I have been a little more mentally active. Here are some of the latest things that I have been processing...
1. So You Don't Want to go to Church: the premise is the local church is so institutionalized and given to keeping the machinery running that it sucks the life from people. I agree with the book that there is always the specter of professional church looming. I also agree that there is too much focus on keeping the machinery running. In the end the author throws out the baby with the bathwater.
2. Simply Church: the premise is that there should be more house churches. I think that house churches or micro churches are good in theory. I know for a fact that the early churches met in homes. I also like the fact that house churches are probably more flexible and more relational.
Overall, the book is good. It paints the house church as the Promised Land for those who feel like the traditional/institutional church has lost sight of the prize. The authors fail to mention that house churches generally don't have long lives and have their own issues.
3. Total Church: Still processing this book. It is written by the leaders of the Crowded House church planting movement. They are far more theological robust than is represented in 'So You Don't Want to go to Church' and 'Simply Church.' I would like to see a few more anecdotes and practical illustrations. Overall I think it is a great resource to work through.
4. The Smurfs Season 1~ Volume 1. Little blue people. La-la-lala-la. What else needs to be said?
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