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Currently
Donnell is reading and absorbing information about church
and culture. The Postmodern transition has taken a hold of
his intellectual life at the present and is challenging the
way he was taught to do ministry and how to be the Church.
Donnell is interested in Postmodernity and the effect it will
have on the modern day church. Donnell wonders if the Church
will realize that it is in the midst of a chaging culture
and whether it will become missional in order tell God's story
to this changing culture.
In an
attempt to ground himself in this transition, Donnell started
a small discussion group to tackle some of the visible changes
that are being observed in the church and in the culture.
The group meets every now and then over dinner to discuss
either one or two of the articles to the right, or some other
culturally relevant topic.
In order
to understand what some see as the biggest shift in culture
since the Enlightenment, Donnell started to read some books
on Postmodernism and its effected on the Modern Church. Right
now Donnell is reading "The Church on the Other Side"
by Brian McLaren, "Postmodern Pilgrims"
by Leonard Sweet, and "Who is my Neighbor"
by Rich Nathan. These books in their own right have been challenging
Donnell's thinking about ministry in the Postmodern age. |
