“Religion Needs Atheism”

Can I just say how proud I am today to call Samir Selmanovic my friend? He’s a SDA minister who despite all the nay-saying and even credible reasons not to try moved his beautiful family from LA to NY to plant Faith House Manhattan, an experiment in bringing all three Abrahamic faiths together in community and shared space to learn from each other. It’s hard to convey how heavy a lift it has been, but they are persisting and have recruited some great people to lift with them, and they’re doing it!

Samir gives me eyes to glimpse possibilities for the kingdom of God that are far beyond what most who talk about God’s hopes, dreams and desires can even imagine. The world is literally dying for want of more people like Samir.  He wrote an article for the The Huffington Post (I completely overlooked them when I was shopping that McLaren interview–dang!) today, “Religion Needs Atheism”. Do yourself a favor; check it out!