Emergent Waco

Ok, after personally interviewing all of you, talking to Brian McLaren, Tony Jones, and Doug Pagitt, praying with much fervor, and casting lots (in that order), I have decided on our next book to read. Actually, I’ve decided on the next two books to read. Here’s the plan.

I realize many of you are very busy over the next month. As a result, during this time we won’t worry about reading a book. Instead I’ll try to propose a topic for conversation beforehand. We will meet, we just won’t read. After that, we’ll read How (Not) to Speak of God, by Peter Rollins. Here’s the schedule:

Tuesday lunch, April 22 @ Food for Thought – topic: “What is ‘church’?”

Tuesday lunch, May 6 @ Taco Cabana – topic: “What does it mean to be a Christian?”

Tuesday lunch, May 20 – discuss Part 1 of 2 from How (Not) to Speak of God

Tuesday lunch, June 3 – discuss Part 2 of 2 from How (Not) to Speak of God

Ok, so that’s the schedule for the next four meetings. After that, the plan is to read N.T. Wright’s Surprised by Hope. This is a much longer book so we’ll spend more time on it. No schedule at this point.

Go ahead and order both of these books. Or borrow or steal them from someone in the cohort – do whatever it takes.

I’m looking forward to going through these books with everyone. Should be great.

- Adam