Old Chicago
As usual, we had a good night, this time at Old Chicago. What better evening is there than to talk about the Christian faith with friends while adding to your World Beer Tour stats?
Like last month at Keegan’s, we didn’t have a set agenda. Still, we managed to have some good discussion over the idea of spiritual gifts, and how some churches have gone to extremes. Another idea we talked about was that of a real-world version of Rivendell. It would be a place of refuge, refreshment, and a repository of knowledge and wisdom for world-weary Christian ambassadors and soldiers. The more we talked about it, the more it sounded like an ecumenical, but definitely protestant, type of monestary. We’ll have to keep playing with that one.
It’s almost Christmas, so most of our talk was of a light hearted nature. Still, we managed to round out the night with some thoughts on the tendency of small groups in evangelical churches to run a short lifespan, or to stay stuck in some kind of age-and-stage mode. We wondered if this transitory attitude toward small groups contributes in any way to a lack of intimacy that allows genuine confession of sins and shared struggle, which in extreme cases results in the high profile moral failures we see from time to time in the media.
They’re all good points to ponder over a pint or three. We like to keep these groups fairly small, but if you’re a thinking Christian in the Twin Cities and you’d like to have a good chat over some food and drink, let us know in the comments.
Until next month, may the blessings of Jesus, Christ and King be with you this Christmas season, and may your Advent be filled with the expectation of the return of King Jesus as you remember His first coming into the world. Grace and Peace to you in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Jason
