I’ve been friends with Brian McLaren for around fifteen years. One of the things I’ve always admired about him is the remarkable way he’s able to consistently cut through the noise and the chaos, speaking with clarity, conviction and compassion.
In his most recent book, Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart, Brian does this exceptionally well. He holds up the reality of the world today for his readers and says, “Look. This is the world right now. This is the United States of America. This is the earth. This is where we are.”
It’s a hard and heavy thing to look at. Thankfully he doesn’t leave us there.
He also lifts up a hopeful image of what the world could be, inviting us to creatively reimagine the world and then courageously live into that vision, even against the odds.
Life After Doom presents us with a heaviness but also a hope.
In my view this book is best read in community. The heaviness can be a lot to carry alone. Similarly, courageously living into hopeful possibilities can also be a lot to carry alone.
We need each other for both the heaviness and the hope.
I invite you to listen in on our Wheat & Willow conversation. And I urge you to read Life After Doom, preferably in community.
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