Recognizing that both John Wesley and Howard Thurman would be all over experimenting with the tools now before us has helped ease some of my natural skepticism. While there are still challenges and hurdles remaining - which our group has talked about openly - it is great to feel like we are swimming in the same stream as those who came before.
Blair, thank you for capturing so beautifully, the work we are engaging in. Since leaving Boston, I have thought about nothing more than how Howard Thurman used the platforms of his day to share the Gospel and words of grace. You hit the nail on the head-- as the church -- we must be willing to dream and re-imagine, use new technologies and platforms to our advantage, because the hunger for meaning and belonging, is still there. And if not us, then who? Thank you for giving us space!
Recognizing that both John Wesley and Howard Thurman would be all over experimenting with the tools now before us has helped ease some of my natural skepticism. While there are still challenges and hurdles remaining - which our group has talked about openly - it is great to feel like we are swimming in the same stream as those who came before.
Yes to every bit of this! Is our denomination ready? Willing to set pastors free to innovate in new types of ministry beyond local parish centric?
Blair, thank you for capturing so beautifully, the work we are engaging in. Since leaving Boston, I have thought about nothing more than how Howard Thurman used the platforms of his day to share the Gospel and words of grace. You hit the nail on the head-- as the church -- we must be willing to dream and re-imagine, use new technologies and platforms to our advantage, because the hunger for meaning and belonging, is still there. And if not us, then who? Thank you for giving us space!