11 to 12 May (Jenny)

The Church's Mission and Post-Modern Humanism: I've been waiting for this - a really impressive title! by MM Thomas. His thesis is that people are able to be Christians while remaining within Hindu community and have no need of an explicit Christian community. What he says makes a lot of theoretical sense and may be possible given the flexible nature of Hinduism. One wonders how long someone could sustain a commitment to Jesus under those conditions - without a specific calling. I've read other stuff relating to this today - part of Lesslie Newbigin's response to Thomas and also a Time magazine article with a contemporary western perspective.

Chocky: Finished this. Things were somehow simpler in the old days. When people seemed less complicated. And tried to be nice.

2 Samuel 2: Bloodthirsty. This always stresses me until I am reminded that God is a real God of real situations and real life. He and his people are not disjoint from realities, but engage with them. And that was a bloody affair in certain periods of history.

10 to 11 May (Jenny)

Chocky: by John Wyndham. Another reread. So far, Matthew seems to have an imaginary friend.

The Serenity Prayer: What actually is serenity? Even after reading the chapter, I'm not sure.

Total Church: I'm not letting myself read any more, until I've gone back and made proper notes!

2 Samuel 1: Ah, this is where the verse is that makes some people say that David and Jonathan were homosexual lovers. At the risk of offending, I would say that this is not even a proof text -more like a proof subtext. But it is part of a puzzle. Part of the journey to finding the truth.