W/ Rob Bell at Poets, Prophets, and Preachers

I'm in Grand Rapids listening to Rob Bell at a preaching conference called Poets, Prophets and Preachers. One of the obvious but profound insights he shared on the first night was about the way a shared history of pastor and people is in the room each Sunday-- who you were and who they were and all you've done together are in a sense another actor who plays a role in how things unfold. Thinking through the ways this happens would be VERY intersting.
Anon and peace,
Chris

Comments

[Mary Hess]

Reminds me of my -- admittedly problematic -- nostalgia for a time when individual confession was a common practice, which meant that the community's priest/preacher had a very deep sense of the brokenness and pain in the community, and the opportunity to broker deeper meanings for people.