I can read all about someone, but unless I relate to them, I really don’t know them. This is rather obvious when you think about it. But the next step that says I don’t know you unless you know me, is more subtle and yet quite profound when you think about.

Keep going….please.

(loved the article, by the way. i barely noticed the misquote for all of the other lovely things that were said. i’m happy to be part of what god is growing here.)

Great stuff. I think the “critical realism” that Wright talks about is the best explanation of the “muddled middle” out there. Its the “hopeful muddled middle” rather than the “defensive muddled middle” that cuts (for some) at some deep fear that if we lose the Enlightenment we’ll no longer be in the light, so to speak. Kevin Vanhoozer does well (”Is there meaning in this text”) teasing this out a bit on a “textual” level.

…truly, i believe humility to that way forward in the muddle…thanks for reminding us!

Once again, this reflection zeros in on the great challenge of our era — clarity of vision. That’s a theme I’ve written about over and over and over again.

Let’s turn to the prophetic epistle of St. John, better known as “Nobody told Me.” And, right in the middle of the song is this verse and chorus:

Everybody’s runnin’ and no one makes a move
Everyone’s a winner and nothing left to lose
There’s a little yellow idol to the north of Katmandu
Everybody’s flying and no one leaves the ground
Everybody’s crying and no one makes a sound
There’s a place for us in the movies you just gotta lay around

Nobody told me there’d be days like these
Nobody told me there’d be days like these
Nobody told me there’d be days like these
Strange days indeed — most peculiar, mama

No kidding.
That’s the challenge in ministry today, right, Ken? You see it so clearly — that the challenge is to see clearly.

Paul saw it. Sometimes it’s tough to hear the electric wisdom in Paul — sometimes it take a John Lennon to say it so it sticks.

Or a Ken Wilson to say it so it sticks.

Blessings on you Ken and your pilgrims on the journey! Your greatest strength as a community is moving past the “mean spirited” exterior to actually try looking compassionately into the faces of the people you meet.

Many thanks.
– David Crumm

So I’m glad to read this report and pray that God will use last Friday’s meeting to (per the comment above) bring about a divine climate change.

The three of us on IV staff (Howard, Bob, me) met today to debrief. We’re hoping to convene folks who were at the meeting on May 30, possibly in one of the labs at OSU, to continue the dialogue.

Thanks for being a good model for us…

Gary