Yesterday was the lecture day here at FOTAR and by in large it was good. Diana Butler Bass began the day with a lecture speaking of a post-partisan faith that moved from labels and division into something larger. Marcus Borg, perhaps the most "controversial" of the 3 speakers was sadly the most mundane of the group. His lecture was a little confusing. Here is a New Testament Scholar of such regard, one of the select few, and he said hardly a thing about the role of biblical interpretation in the "new church" that we had been talking about all morning. But the real gem of the night was Brian McLaren, an author and editor, and as it turns out a wonderful speaker. One of the major takeaways from the lecture was a piece he lifted up about the new idea makers of the emerging generations. John Calvin, our founding theologian, began thinking the thoughts that eventually formed the Institutes of the Christian Religion, a foundational reformed document, at 19 finishing the massive work at 26. The 19-26 year olds in our congregation are the ones who will be breaking the new ground and yet it is this same very generation that is often told to be quiet and submissive to "wisdom and experience."
Peace,
Brett
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