On God's Side: Sept. 11, 2013

The first chapter of On God's Side is an introductory chapter, in which Wallis lays out the issues and questions that he will engage in the rest of the book. In the second half of the chapter, I was particularly struck by his reminder that, "The common good comprises the best of both ideas -- we need to be personally responsible and socially just." Is this another way of saying that the true spiritual life involves both love of God and love of neighbor? I was also struck by his hopeful observation that younger Christians and other believers or seekers "really want to change their societies, and their question is how.... How can faith communities play a key and even catalytic role in creating and sustaining the kind of movements that changed things in the past?" What particularly struck you? Which of the questions Wallis poses resonates for you? What are waiting for him to address in the rest of the book? Feel free to use the comment function of the blog to weigh in. Blessings on all readers!