The Great Giveaway

I bought The Great Giveaway yesterday, and wasn't really able to start reading it until late last night. But then I couldn't put it down! I barely slept at all last night because I just wanted to read this book! This book gives Frost and Hirsch's The Shaping of Things to Come a run for its money!

As somebody who is now working in his second mega-church job, this book makes a lot of sense. And it is healthier than most critiques; it points out problems, looks at the roots of said problems, then has helpful (even Biblical!) suggestions on what to do about it! Best of all, he looks to the best sources for help: Mennonites, real postmodern thinkers (Foucault, Derrida, etc, rather than Christian wannabes), and of course, Hauerwas. What more could you ask for?

To make it short - buy this book. Read it immediately. Then read it again. Then give it to somebody who needs to read it, even though we both know it will offend them. This book calls us out and it is about time somebody did. I'd put a quote from it here, but there are way too many good ones to choose from!

I hope my massive amount of exclamation points shows how good it is. Perhaps I'll come back with more direct thoughts about the whole book when I finish it. I'm only half done, but still would wholeheartedly recommend it.

Peace,
Matt