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]]> By: Andrew http://www.ntwrightproject.com/2008/10/04/stained-glass-and-murals/#comment-8 Andrew Sat, 04 Oct 2008 20:55:42 +0000 http://www.ntwrightproject.com/?p=75#comment-8 I appreciate your ability to be invested in Wright's text, examining your own experience as a Christian in light of his NTPG. In your last post, you move smoothly between Wright's understanding of story and your context; and this one you make fruitful use of Wright's thoughts on worldview. As for expressing our worldview through the symbols we recieve from earlier Christians, your church seems to be doing a great job of appropriating the past and yet constructing symbols (i.e. orgami and murals) out of our contemporary moment. As a parting comment, I share your lament about the consumeristic turn that many of our churches are taking. People are dehumanized into souls meant to be saved to increase the bottom line. Our worship sapces are often bastions of consumerism like stadiums or renovated malls and old Wal-Marts. Services in many parishes are designed for on-demand consumption and so are strictly timed to stay on schedule - or worse, on-air with a particular broadcaster. One of the ways to combat this disturbing trend is to appropriate symbols of Christian faiths from eras where Christians worshipped in architectural spaces that compel Christians to worship the Lord, as one psalmist said, in the beauty of holiness. Andrew I appreciate your ability to be invested in Wright’s text, examining your own experience as a Christian in light of his NTPG. In your last post, you move smoothly between Wright’s understanding of story and your context; and this one you make fruitful use of Wright’s thoughts on worldview.

As for expressing our worldview through the symbols we recieve from earlier Christians, your church seems to be doing a great job of appropriating the past and yet constructing symbols (i.e. orgami and murals) out of our contemporary moment.

As a parting comment, I share your lament about the consumeristic turn that many of our churches are taking. People are dehumanized into souls meant to be saved to increase the bottom line. Our worship sapces are often bastions of consumerism like stadiums or renovated malls and old Wal-Marts. Services in many parishes are designed for on-demand consumption and so are strictly timed to stay on schedule - or worse, on-air with a particular broadcaster. One of the ways to combat this disturbing trend is to appropriate symbols of Christian faiths from eras where Christians worshipped in architectural spaces that compel Christians to worship the Lord, as one psalmist said, in the beauty of holiness.

Andrew

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