Post 15 (11/18)

The first half of class we watched a video of a Shane Claiborne interview. I had never heard him speak before, but had heard he had some good things to say. A lot of what he does reminds me of what the early first century church practiced: being intentional about living in community. Along with that, he says, comes all the good and bad things about a person: people bring gifts and baggage. He said it’s a choice to live deeper in community which makes you laugh hard with each other, cry hard with each other, hurt each other more, and be vulnerable with a group of people. He asks how can we worship a homeless man Sunday, ignore one Monday. He adds, we need to stop complaining about the church we’ve experienced, become church we dream of. He is looking for that more perfect church--and he believes it's by living with the poor and the outcasts of society.