“I’ve always wanted to live in a neighborhood with you!” –Fred Rogers “Where is God?” and the Neighborhood: Neighborhood comes from the Old English “near dweller” common to families/clans/tribes. Today, the more modern understanding involves a place to abide where people have things in common. “All world religions make neighbors the central concern of spiritualityContinue reading “Chapter 6: “Neighborhood””
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Chapter 27, Chapter 28, and Afterword summaries
Chapter 27—“Stay Loyal to Reality” Brian McLaren opens this chapter with a 2004 anecdote from journalist Ron Suskind in which a White House aide (Karl Rove?) explained his belief that America is “an empire” now, and “when we act, we create our own reality.” And, we can change that reality before we’ve fully understood andContinue reading “Chapter 27, Chapter 28, and Afterword summaries”
Grace Episcopal Church 