I posted here yesterday at deep church blog ...
see also jim gordon's posts on community theologians 1 and 2
I've read the first chapter of christian wisdom. Which is a fantastic new book by David Ford. I can't wait to read some more.
The other day Stuart blogged on the word witness. Stuart, here's some from Stanley Hauerwas:
Barth sought not to convince but to witness and, of course, by witness to convict, yet his witness requires further witnesses. Indeed, if additional witnesses were not required, then Barth's work would not have the power it does. The appeal to such witnesses is not an attempt to avoid the arguments we must have as Christians in this time between the times. Christians believe that God has given us all the time we need to address one challenge, one argument at a time. We can take our time to make our arguments because we know that our lives are not our own; thus it is possible for us to live without being no more than a hedge against death, that is, it is possible for us to live as witnesses. I have said that without witness, there is no argument. But it does not follow that arguments always accompany witness. Sometimes witnesses are all Christians have to offer, and sometimes witnesses are enough; for what could be more powerful than the discovery that human beings have been made part of God's care of creation through the cross and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
(With the Grain of the Universe, SCM, 2001, 240-241)
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