So here we are. Back in Pasadena, CA at Fuller Theological Seminary for a 2 week intensive after living in Cincinnati for the last 6 years. Weird how so much changes and so much doesn’t…. all at the same time. Anyway.
For this class (MC500: The Church in Mission) we are to:
This is my personal blog. And these are my 50 words:
It was good to be back in a classroom after taking so many IDL and online courses. I particularly appreciated our discussion of the shift from Church to Kingdom in Mission. I think this may be one of the more significant aspects of the ideological shifts taking place across the Christian spectrum. It certainly has been a key aspect of much of the emerg(ing)(ent) conversation and in missiological circles (see “The Three Eras of Mission History Robby Butler” in Mission Frontiers). Kingdom is not a human effort – something that we build (we can’t), we can live a certain way as the people of God that allows for the Kingdom to come – we are a sign, instrument, and foretaste (ala Newbigin). As we discussed this I couldn’t help but think of gardening/farming. I don’t grow tomatoes, rather I attempt to provide the right environment (soil, water, light, etc…) whereby tomatoes can grow. Seems that there was a parable that Jesus told about such things too…
(well I went over the 50 words, but hopefully that’s ok)
