“It seems to me that the real problem occurs between Phases 4 and 5, where—upon facing the reality of my actual life and my actual responsibilities—I not only abandon Shane Claiborne’s way of following Jesus, I abandon following Jesus altogether. I short, I make the perfect the enemy of the good. I become paralyzed by my own idealism.”

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Rachel Held Evans | How to follow Jesus…without being Shane Claiborne

Great, great thoughts about how the realities of being a Christ-follower. Worth a read if you’re in the tension between extreme expressions of faith and the realities of life circumstances. 

Thanks Ryan for sharing this blog post.