Today was the fourth, and final, day of NPC 2008. Because of the fairly rigorous theological engagement throughout this week, my sense that there is a point of being a pastor has been renewed. The last thing I want to do is become a program director or events manager and this week at NPC has been good for my soul.
During this morning’s seminar with Richard Twiss — Tonto and the Lone Ranger Revisited: Avoiding the “Ethnocentric Impulse” in Creating Diverse, Mutually Embracing Communities of Believers (quite a mouthful, but an even better seminar) — I remarked at the end how much I appreciated that my greatest take-away from his sessions was his emphasis on theology. We seek diversity in community not because it is the thing to do or as an evangelistic, church-growth tool, but out of our understanding of God Himself.
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