I’m so proud to know these guys

Church Basement Roadshow Reflections « A Mending Shift
*see the guys’ blogs/sites for more reactions, promotional vids and other fun stuff.

I don’t pretend to be friends with Doug, Tony and Mark and I try not to express that false intimacy that comes so easily in the internet ‘verse so I will just say that I am proud to know them, even if just a little. I am proud to be a small part in a big and beautiful “thing” going on in Christianity right now, not only in Emergent US but in versions of emerging-missional all over the world.

Michelle Obama, in her now infamous statement said that for the first time in her adult life she’s proud to be an American. For the first time in my adult life I’m proud to call a group of Christians my tribe. Like with Michelle Obama, it doesn’t mean I didn’t have moments of pride before or that until now I hated my religion, it just means that I can actually say without reservation that I am proud to know these people - not just Doug and Tony and Mark but all the men and women they represent. There is hope in their lives, their message and their faith expression and I hope some of you are getting the chance to experience it in your context because it’s beautiful.

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