Brian McLaren’s new bopok, A Generous Orthodoxy, is out, and I grabbed it up. Ever since I met him and got to sit and talk with him with my friend Larry when I was visting Old Saint George in January of this year (or was it February?), I have read a book he co-authored with Tony Campolo (Adventures in Missing the Point) and a couple of articles in Sojourners (one on the environment, and one on Talking Politics in Church). I heard him talk about this upcoming book (the one I just bought) and have looked forward to reading it since then.

Brian impressed me greatly, especially after I learned that his Church is kind of “descended” from Church of the Saviour (I forgot the exact connection, but I believe there were several in the founding stages who had come from there or were deeply influenced by COS).

Even knowing that Brian is probably as deeply offended by what the Bush administration is doing as I am, and for mostly the same reasons, allows me to easily allow his new book to provide some much needed “escape” from political anxieties and reflect upon some other theological matters. You’ll no doubt be hearing about this reading over the following days.