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A batch of the best highlights from what Joshua's read, .
In short, we will only adequately “read” our culture to the extent that we recognize operative there an array of liturgies that function as pedagogies of desire.
Desiring the Kingdom
James K. A. Smith
It seems we can’t think our way to holiness. Why is that? Is it because you forgot something? Is there some other piece of knowledge you still need to acquire? Is it because you’re not thinking hard enough?
You Are What You Love
James K. A. Smith
The contemporary church model thrived in American soil. Americans’ staggeringly high appetite for church attendance, standardization, and franchising, accompanied by a significant reservoir of latent Christians who were only an invite away from re-engaging with the church, ensured that the model, if done right, could succeed. However, in other parts of the West, namely the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and Western Europe, the model struggled to work as they found themselves further down the road of secularization.
Disappearing Church
Mark Sayers
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