Dear Mr Giles,
Wow. I was on an
"exam" night for my English classes [country name removed], and was able to read
your book during their test taking.
Wow. Thank you for the words.
I have been re-reading "Reimagining Church" from Viola, and
had forgotten I had your book on my kindle.
Right now we have begun to help a small house group in our country. The large "institutional" group is
not only an extreme example of institutional, but also is the "legal"
authority for the country. This tends to
extreme control and excess. This group
started not as a "leaving" but as a group from another country that
moved here and started something new.
As
someone who has worked for the past few years in the institutional church here
in [country name removed] and in [another middle eastern nation], I have become the "resident" theologian of the
group.
As we began to get involved in
leadership, I have had thoughts of exploring ordination (I'm a youth worker for
the past 20 years) and was trying to understand how to best serve this
community of people.
Having read your book and Viola's book, I am at peace for
the first time in a couple of weeks. No
longer do I feel the burden to become something that I didn't think was
necessary, but I also feel much more confident in explaining an alternate way
to explore our "church" life.
I was very impressed with your story and your journey. Thank you for writing this book and for
allowing it to be made available for the kindle.
Blessings to you and your community.
Todd [Last name removed by request]
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