Postkiwi Duncan Macleod

This last week I posted a review of the 40 Days of Purpose course at Educating Christians. My church went through a very low key version of the course in early 2004, on the coat tails of Robina Surfers Paradise Uniting. Saddle Back Community Church in Los Angeles have rolled out a highly supported but controlled environment for the course around the world. Churches have to enroll three to four months ahead and must start at the same time as other churches in the campaign. It’s not to do with publicity as in the national Alpha campaigns. It’s to do with the support mailings and the mass distribution of resources. All the same, it strikes me as another example of hegemony. “Do it this way at this time or not at all”.

Having said all that, I think there’s some helpful material in the Purpose Driven course. I’m up to Day 31 in the Driving With Purpose blog. I’ve actually split Day 31 into three posts as Rick covered abilities, personality and experience (APE of SHAPE) in one day. I thought each was worth a post. One of the fascinating aspects of writing this blog is reading the critiques of Warren’s work from the conservative end. Cessationists who have trouble with his focus on spiritual gifts. Purists who associate Warren with psycho heresy because of his reference to personality typologies such as LaHaye’s temperaments and Myers Brigg’s Personality Type Indicators. For these people anything that has anything to do with Jung’s approach to psychology is suspect.

It will be interesting to see how Rick develops his writing in the future in the light of his recently discovered passion for social justice.