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”