Somebody get Pfaff a cup of good coffee! Don't worry, the past is past and I have love for ALL of you. Something in that Bible about loving your neighbor (even if they block you in your driveway), loving your enemy (that person that cuts you off in traffic, or says something mean at the store), and loving your family (yes, ALL of your family), and the stranger (becuase you could be in the presence of angels unaware). Funny how the Scripture works, yes? I accept the mistakes I've made. I try and forgive and give that same grace to others. So, let's move on as that sounds like the right thing to do, and look to Barna's book and the idea that we can learn from one another.

I would put this in a comment to Pfaff's post, but I felt to share it a bit more. Me and Pfaff got in a discussion about Barna. And I admit, I was more critical of Revolution than I should have been. The context in which I was given the book made me more biased to its content. And that was kind of the point of the book, as I now see. OUR CONTEXT IS CHANGING in regards to church. Context is increasingly the driving force behind our reactions to what we intake, whether spiritually, emotionally, etc. The church's old context that is rigid and stuck is not working for much of the world, because it does not reflect their spiritual/emotional experience. And in that, I think Barna is dead on.

So, the question is this: what am I doing to align the context of my life with that of the kingdom of God?

If we begin to do that each day, I think we will find that the world around us is full of a little more hope and opportunity. So yes, George Barna, I want to be apart of the revolution of Jesus - in every way.

read the book. have a conversation like we did. open your world.
~Liles

P.S. - did you notice that he defended my age? HA!