Just finished an interview with Irishman Peter Rollins re: his new book How (Not) to Speak of God. If you're a wiredparish.com subscriber, you'll get it in a few weeks.
I was profoundly moved by this book and by the interview. I got to the end and thought, 'I don't know what to say . . . I don't have the words to express how this is impacting me.'
Brian McLaren wrote the foreward, and I actually called him before the interview to say, 'Help! I'm interviewing Rollins in an hour, and I don't want to screw it up! Give me some great questions to ask!' Alas, I got voice mail. Thankfully, Greg Horton was available to give me a little ammunition. Between his suggestions and my own fumbling questions, I think we did okay.
(Actually, we did exceptionally well, but that speaks more to Peter than to me.)
I won't try to detail the book here. I'll let you read the reviews yourself and listen to the 'cast when it's live. (At the very least, you need to check out the Irish accent when he repeatedly says 'painted on the canvas' in a way that makes it sound like he's saying 'peeing on the canvas.' Brilliant.)
But let me recommend STRONGLY that you read this book. It will challenge the way you see God, faith, yourself, the world . . . in some dramatic ways.
I'm a different person after reading this book.
Definitely an excellent book. The humility that it takes to live out the kind of faith he talks about really moved me ... can't wait for the interview.
Posted by: Justin | November 27, 2006 at 04:52 PM
Great book, I'm occasionally posting on my blog about it as I work my way through it a 2nd time.
Posted by: jim | December 13, 2006 at 03:43 PM