Episode 364: Books That Shaped Our Ministry Part Two--Resident Aliens

In their new series, "Books That Shaped Our Ministry," pastors Sarah, Erica, and Steve are taking turns, show-and-tell style, to highlight books that have been important for their ministry in some way.  Today, Steve shares a book that is now nearly thirty-five years old, but which still offers a provocative take on being the church as a minority voice, like salt, light, or yeast, rather than as a dominating voice aligned with anybody's political establishment or influence-peddlers. The book, Resident Aliens, co-written by Stanley Hauerwas and William Willimon in the late 1980s, dared readers a generation ago to question whether Christianity was meant to fit into any political party's cookie cutter, whether the church is just supposed to be a harmless institution propping up the status quo, and whether we had stopped listening to Jesus himself as the primary architect of our way of life.  The particular issues of the day in the late 1980s are certainly different from today, several decades later, but the questions keep needing to be asked.  So, here's an introduction to these two distinctive voices who make us think--and think again--about how to live as the blessedly weird out-of-step followers of Jesus.  Join us for this conversation here on Crazy Faith Talk!