Calvary Baptist Church was fantastic. Many of these sanctuaries we’ve been visiting have been gorgeous with loads of stained glass, hearkening to a period when much discipline and honor was devoted to the church’s gathering spaces. Stanley Hauerwas has said that if you want to find places that emphasize strong discipline and skill its a bummer that we don’t really think of the church and its centers of training–rather we look to either medical schools or military training camps. After all, we are convinced that bad medicine is dangerous and will get people killed. We’ve been growing in convinction, however, that bad theology gets people killed as well. The stakes in our world are high, as so we must reflect closely, patiently, and diligently on the truth. May God help us all.

And we pray for God’s blessing of Calvary’s work. It was a pleasure to meet their pastor, Amy, who seems to be shepherding with a robust blessedness. And thanks to Brian McLaren and Harp 46 who stopped in to accompany our intermission time.

We’re writing from Harlem! Let’s hope tonight goes off well! Manhattan is a doosie for big buses!

Our friends doing some footage and documentary work put this fun little time lapse together of DC http://www.theordinaryradicals.com/blog/archives/151 Shane and Chris look really weird in it.