So I’ve finally joined the world of bloggers.  I didn’t think I’d actually become one of them–but it happened…

I have been reading Brian McLaren’s The Secret Message of Jesus.  I’m reading it as part of a larger group of folk at Fancy Gap Friends Fellowship.  It’s a worthy read–McLaren exposes Jesus for the radical liberal he really is.  In the book we see Jesus as a lover of the poor, women, children, the opressed in general, the environment, and peace.  Peace being a biggie right  now, of course.  And Jesus wasn’t promoting a kind of personal, non-political peace.  No–he was promoting a radical, toss-out-your-weapons-and-seek-God’s-way kind of peace.  Basically, a Jesus who, although he can be found in the Bible, is pretty much left out of most churches today.  As Jonny Carson used to say, weird, wild stuff.

I’m also reading from the fantastic book of short essays entitled Blue Like Jazz.  It’s an honest, yet funny look at life that invloves knowing God, but perhaps not knowing much else.  Pretty much a book that sums up my experiences…

Well, as I don’t want to outrun my leading, I’ll close for now.  -April

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