Book recommendation

I am re-reading "The Resurrected Church" by Charles Baker and find it quite helpful. I read this book about 2 years ago and picked it up again recently and am finding it that it resonates with me and what I believe about my faith. It has been a source of clarity and comfort to me.

For me the liberal discussion (sometimes called "postmodern" by some) started well after I already had been sensing some significant shifts mainly in my own industry. I began to notice that some approaches were not working well and that they lacked a certain authenticity and I felt less and less sure about them. I then started applying those same ideas to what I had seen in the church that I attended at the time.

Bayer and others have provided a "place to hang" what I knew was already there..he and others have provided a framework in which to think, discuss and reflect upon how I can be what I believe God is calling me to be in my life.

Let me hasten to add to that -- I don't think -- or hope - to save the world. On most days, I wonder if I can even save myself. But I would like to think that the work that I do even in the most practical sense of it could be at the very least not damaging to others and at the very most perhaps adding value to others in some way. I am increasingly concerned about the truly disenfranchised of my world and how I can hope to reach out to them with kindness.

I remain truly skeptical of most "christian" approaches and I find Bayer's book extremely supportive and reassuring. I'll post more on some of the quotes that I find in upcoming days.

A Resurrected Church: Christianity after the Death of Christendom
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Author: Charles H. Bayer ISBN: 08272-32233 Product Description:"To Bayer the death of Christendom and the fall from power of the church represent the opportunity for the church to rediscover and return to its original mission and ministry, one which it largely abandoned by its alliance with political power and authority. This is a challenging book, one which it would profit all church planters and diocesan growth strategists to read, mark, and learn." - The Living Church --> PROPERTIES -->