The booklet
My wife's oldest brother, a Presbyterian minister, along with the resident minister in a Jamestown church presented a series of 10 sermons in 2002 to 2003 which challenged the traditional Christian theology heard in most main-line and evangelical churches. These two had the bravery and enough confidence in their congregation to present the sort of theological understandings learned in seminary that most minsters shrink from sharing with their congregations.
Having been recently awakened to the possibility of a 'real Jesus' by having participated in The Heretics group (mentioned in my previous post), I was ecstatic to find others sharing similar views -- viz., these two ministers and their congregation. That is, most of their congregation, since some members left that church not being able to accept the modern theology.
I was so taken by these sermons that I thought they should have a wider audience. Although they could be viewed on the church's web site, we (the ministers and I) decided to collect them in a self-published booklet, Life Jackets for the Planet, for wider distribution. The booklet was never given sales publicity but, by word of mouth, it came to be used by 5 different church groups for study. Numerous copies were also given to individuals. The positive response it elicited made me feel that I was in tune with a wider developing theology.
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