tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429515118424269823.post1166846897836638261..comments2023-10-07T14:23:22.606+01:00Comments on davesdistrictblog: AD-Mission of Guiltvisual theologyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01184961109315471466noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429515118424269823.post-27878413825030400102009-02-12T17:16:00.000+00:002009-02-12T17:16:00.000+00:00Yes, I thought we were on the same page.I think th...Yes, I thought we were on the same page.<BR/><BR/>I think that this is another one of those terms where we're going to have to say 'It depends what you mean by....'PamBGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11324370506889227234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429515118424269823.post-25401127072997501222009-02-12T16:01:00.000+00:002009-02-12T16:01:00.000+00:00And of course I write as a Brit bloke who does not...And of course I write as a Brit bloke who does not recognise the macho sketch which is clearly close to home for you Pam. As someone who is at home with feminist theology, my 'soundbite' -which is simply a play off the Woodbine advert - is close to the image you construe in your response: wild compassion, full-strength love, unfiltered inclusion. God's love is totally wild and free, and this is what I see lived unfiltered and full-strength by Jesus, who undermines and overturns macho paradigms of power / disempowerment. Over the centuries this wild vision has been tamed, and sadly warped - as you point out. Put simply, I want to rediscover the wildness of the God who shapes a church in her image.<BR/>Bless you for your honest and stimulating comment Pam.visual theologyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01184961109315471466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4429515118424269823.post-15530194646609960122009-02-12T15:00:00.000+00:002009-02-12T15:00:00.000+00:00Yeah, the problem is that I reckon 'Unfiltered wil...Yeah, the problem is that I reckon 'Unfiltered wild Christianity' means different things to different people.<BR/><BR/>When I hear that particular soundbite, I think Mark Driscoll, macho Christianity, women are crap and should be seen and not heard, let's go shoot some deer and proclaim a triumphalist Christianity, us good, you bad, us heaven, you hell, let's slap some people about in the name of God.<BR/><BR/>Were to I own that phrase for myself (and I'm not sure that I would ever advertise Christianity that way) I'd mean people before profits, saying that God loves the people who 'everyone' really hates (like paedophiles, drug-addicts and youth gangs) and actually proclaiming the love of God to people who buy into the kind of cheap Christianity that goes by the name of tough Christianity but which seeks to disempower the many for the empowerment of the few.PamBGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11324370506889227234noreply@blogger.com