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posted by xscot mcknight | 12:20am Monday October 29, 2007

Friday evening Kris and I drove down to Evanston for an event at 1st Presbyterian Church in Evanston. We had a wonderful time at this historic and influential church in the heart of Evanston.
This was David Handley‘s (pastor) last weekend and there was an air of transition. I was delighted David attended each of our sessions and asked great questions. George Atkins, a former student of mine at TEDS, impressively organized and directed everything. It all began with a dinner with many of the folks attending our retreat, and then we shuffled into the historic sanctuary for some worship and our first session.
My theme was a community called transformation, so looked at the gospel, the Lukan thread about kingdom as community transformation, and the ethic of transformation (Jesus Creed).
1st Presbyterian is an intelligent church, filled with thinking and theologically-aware folks — to the credit of course of the years of pastoring and teaching but also to the initiative of the congregation.
A highlight was to see our friends, Sonia and Peter Bodi. Sonia was a colleague of mine at NPU before she retired. And to meet up again with George Atkins. Allen Wakabayashi, author of a book we blogged about a few weeks back, came Saturday morning and pushed back on a few of my ideas about the relationship of kingdom and church. I could go on but it is always the case that we come away on the receiving end.



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George Atkins

posted October 31, 2007 at 10:30 am


Scot,
It was great to have you with us. We were blessed. Our church is definitely like the one in Berea. We take nothing for granted or at face value. Your style of provoking us to consider a gospel that is bolder than the conventional gospel was right on target for our community. We will definitely have to have you back.
Blessings,
George



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Allen-Christopher Hubbard (1st Pres-ite)

posted October 31, 2007 at 2:38 pm


Dr Scot McKnight,
?Yo Scot!? The weekend was thought provoking. Particularly, the discussion about the “conventional” -vs- “robust” gospel. I felt my mind and heart shifting to the Truer message of Jesus and epistles. I am struck though with the ?how to dos?of such a paradigm shift. I will take into account the 5 L?s (look, learn, listen, local, & link) however I shift best through relationships. So for me to move from simply understanding the robust gospel to embodying it, I need relationship. I need to hear someone who is walking in that way. I need a living, breathing?person that I can walk alongside. Is there someone you know of in the Chicago area?a pastor, former student, congregate, associate, friend, whoever who may be willing to meet with me? In the meanwhile, I will read more (probably your books first) but please let me know if you have someone in mind.



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