Craft Christianity
It would appear that a version of craft, Christian craft, overseen by long-term, deeply embedded, and single-minded repairers, is a pressing need in our day.
It would appear that a version of craft, Christian craft, overseen by long-term, deeply embedded, and single-minded repairers, is a pressing need in our day.
Christians who have stepped ‘inside’ the boundary are further along the journey than inquirers who have just begun. Inquirers know that. That’s why they’re asking us for directions.
The McCrindle article also shows how responsibility is fashionable. People aren’t (yet?) becoming re-enchanted with the divine, but they are at least re-engaging with the physical, both human and ecological.
I once heard the national director of the Ministry Training Strategy (MTS) Ben Pfahlert call for people to write on their year in evangelism. I have decided to take up Ben’s challenge, and rather than submitting another ‘My Year in Books’ article to TGCA, to instead share my year in evangelism.
There are various ways we might seek to commend the gospel to people today But one of the best, in that it addresses questions of both relevance and goodness, is to share our testimony.