Today I am live blogging the premier stop on the “jesus for president” tour. In highly politicized times, prominent activist Shane Claiborne and artist and theologian Chris Haw are awakening the political imagination of Christians with a tour based on their book, Jesus for President, redefining “political” as “simply how we relate to the world.”
“Amid all the buzz, we’re ready to turn off our TVs, pick up our Bibles, and reimagine the world,” Claiborne says. “The church has fallen in love with the state and this love affair is killing the church’s imagination. Too often the patriotic values of pride and strength triumph over the spiritual virtues of humility, gentleness and sacrificial love,” Claiborne says. Christian discipleship is politically and social engaged, but in a way that confounds and transcends parties. “It’s easy to have political views—that’s what politicians do. But it’s much harder to embody a political alternative—that’s what saints do.”
The tour starts off in Grand Rapids, MI at Mars Hill Bible Church (of Rob Bell fame). I’m gonna (try to) live blog through the festivities with Shane’s thoughts and some of mine own, so check back around 6:30 or 7pm.
-jeremy
I’m so jealous of you Jeremy. I’m moving to Grand Rapids one week too late. 🙁 I’m glad you’ll be blogging about it though. I hope you enjoy it.
haha.. way to fail carter. Don’t worry, i’ll tell you how it went
Bummer Carter! I’ll take good notes 😉
Are you seeing it in GR Tad? Or somewhere else? If you’re here we should connect…
-jeremy
that’s a negative- i’m road tripping out to california next week. i’ll catch him at one of the venues out there
How about that–a large group of Christians promoting a Jewish man for President!!