Mars Hill Goes Whacky

Well, I just moments ago finished Mars Hill, a very interesting experience. As a leader, I naturally want things to be productive, and I just can’t tell if that, whatever that was, was productive. It was the sort of free flowing discussion that is hard to describe. We have a text we generally follow, but increasingly we tend to come off task rather easily but they tend to be discussions everyone wants to have, or so it seems. We ranged from the image of God in man (Imago Dei,) to eschatological discussions of the nature of heaven and our existence in it metaphysically.

I am always amazed at the range of opinions offered and defended (half the time I think they defend them just to do it.) But, I must confess allowing this kind of openness generates a real excitement and interest in theology. I suppose, as misdirected, undefined and loosely argued as Mars Hill can sometimes be, it achieves its goal none the less: education through exploration.