<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Dear Roxana,<div>Robin came to our Church some three years ago. </div><div>He is a gem in my view. Both as a local Church working Minister/ Pastor and a working Academic in a University. ‘Saving Jesus....’<br>is such a good read, thank you for reminding me of Robin’s visit here. An inspirational man in this chaotic time. </div><div>xo</div><div>Isobel Bishop <br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>On 19 May 2019, at 1:09 am, Roxana Harper via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">May I commend to you all the books of Robin Meyers:<div><br></div><div>"Why the Christian Right Is Wrong: A Minister's Manifesto for Taking Back Your Faith, Your Flag, Your Future"</div><div><br></div><div>"Saving Jesus from the Church: How to Stop Worshipping Christ and Start Following Jesus"</div><div><br></div><div>"The Underground Church: Reclaiming the Subversive Way of Jesus"</div><div><br></div><div>"Spiritual Defiance: Building a Beloved Community of Resistance"</div><div><br></div><div>Grace and peace,</div><div>Roxana Harper</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 17, 2019 at 8:30 AM H. A. Tillinghast via OE <<a href="mailto:oe@lists.wedgeblade.net">oe@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Thanks, Ellie, for forwarding the Progressing Spirit emails.<br>
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This column by Brian McLaren I found particularly stimulating. He, more than any other thinker for me, brings together the best of what is happening in present theology and religious movements. If anyone has another voice they find of like significance, I would be most happy to hear about that person. <br>
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I’m currently working on trying to relate the work of the biblical scholars who point out the need to place the first two centuries of the Jesus movement in its context of and conflict with the Roman Empire. Then I’m trying to find what this means for today’s church set in today’s empire. The best book I have found tying these two together, one written ten years ago by Brian McLaren, is not among his books mentioned in this column. It is his “Everything Must Change: Jesus, global crises, and a revolution of hope.” I recommend it highly.<br>
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Grace and Peace,<br>
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Bud Tillinghast<br>
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