Today in class we discussed David Fitch’s book, The Great Giveaway in relation to our case studies. Ryan was gone but J.R. and Wess took over and we didn’t even miss a beat. It had been a while since I read the book so it was hard to remember all his arguments, but our group discussion ended up being pretty good anyway. We talked about the importance of moral education for children and about how/if the church should be the sole provider of that. We also discussed the ways the church can take back what it has given away to culture. “Taking back would include freeing worship service from its cookie-cutter structure that many contemporary churches use, so that it draws people into transformation. And we talked about how having an attitude of imagination and creativity in ministry is a good way to communicate hope in the kingdom of God and to restore the mystery of God’s goodness and grace for this world.

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