So we worked to finish chapter 5 today, well almost. I didn’t get to show the video I wanted so next week we will finish that and tackle the next section – interlude, next week. We had some great discussion today about the “churches” of today, should they try to be relevant to today’s society, should they represent the “rock” or just “pebbles,” should it be a veneer or a clear representation of the base… lots of great discussion and ideas.

We also had a short discussion about the role of a pastor. Those too in some ways surprised me, but in other ways they did not. Some of the statements were that Pastors cannot do everything, they can’t cover all the roles that are neede and that’s where the “family” of believers need to fill those gaps.

Next week I plan on showing a video which will challenge your thoughts about religion, Jesus, and whether the two are related or not. We’ll see where that goes. Finishing chapter 5 leads us to beginning the chapters which move on to the “language of God” rather than the language of culture… I look forward to it.

Here are the slides from today: The Slides