ReThinking Christianity

Mark Scandrette is an author, teacher and coach for leaders and teams who want to create a better world from the inside out. He is the founding director of ReIMAGINE: A Center for Integral Christian Practice, where he leads an annual series of retreats, workshops and projects designed to help participants apply spiritual wisdom to everyday life.  His most recent books include FREE, Practicing the Way of Jesus, Belonging and Becoming and The Ninefold Path Notebook.

Mark and I discuss his growing up, spiritual formation, practicing the way of Jesus, and even the future of the church post cover-19 and 2020. This conversation was super helpful and enlightening to me and I feel it will be the same for you also.

Below is a link to some of Mark's books that he has written and his website.

Books: https://www.amazon.com/Mark-Scandrette/e/B001JSBV2S?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2&qid=1609208226&sr=8-2

Website: http://www.markscandrette.com

What are our political allegiances and how are they impacting our personal lives and following of Jesus? With the election of 2020 behind us there is still a lot of divide in our country and it seems that a lot of this divide is within the church. 

Are we called as followers of Jesus to have allegiances to a political system and party or is our calling to something more? Maybe we are missing something? 

Could our allegiances be more reflective our own personal desire and wants rather than our faithful following of Jesus?

Why should we be ReThinking and what exactly should we be ReThinking in our faith?

Do we believe in ideas about God, Jesus, and the Bible because these are beliefs we have thought through and developed or are they simply regurgitation of what we have been told or a tradition you grew up in?

As we ReThink Christianity we should be challenging our own authenticity.

This episode covers these thoughts and more!

Big ReThinking Question:

How can my own personal authenticity in my faith be challenged? And have I ever considered my faith to be just an adoption of the culture around me more than a faith that I own?

Questions for Reflection:

1. Is there substance behind what I believe about God or do i really know what it is i believe about God?
2. Do you believe in ideas about God, Jesus, and the Bible because these are beliefs you have thought through and developed?  Or are they simply regurgitation of what you have been told or a tradition you grew up in?

What does it mean to be a true follower of Jesus? As we begin ReThinking Christianity and some of our faith this is a great place to start. We must challenge what it means to be Followers of Jesus. This is a phrase that get's used a lot and can often times not be defined well. As we look to rethink and redefine what this means it can be super helpful for us in guiding our journey of faith in following Jesus.

Big ReThinking Question:  Have we as Christians and the church concerned ourselves more with traditions, doctrines, and morality, so much so that we have lost or maybe have never even discovered what it truly means to be a follower?

Reflective Questions:

1. Have you ever considered what it means to be a true follower of the way of Jesus?
2. If you are or are not a follower of Jesus/Christian could you recognize clearly who Jesus followers are?
3. How would your faith look like and be redefined if you were able to Rethink your life as a follower of Jesus?

A New Podcast with the hope of challenging you in your walk and in your faith in Jesus. The Goal of this podcast is to challenge your present belief within the constructs of Christianity and take you deeper and bring you to questions you may have never asked before. To ReThink through your Christian faith. Hence the name ReThinking Christianity