Before we get too far along in this series, let’s think about how to apply what we’ve considered so far. We’ve laid out the overall topic and thesis: James K. Smith wants us to realize that people are first and foremost lovers. That even more than what they think or believe, what people love or […]
You Are What You Love
You Are What You Love – Part 2 (The University)
In Part 1 of our series on James K. Smith’s You Are What You Love (Part 1), we considered Smith’s thesis that people at their very core are most significantly formed by what they love. What a person loves is more formative even than what they think or what they believe. We narrowed our focus […]
You Are What You Love (and so is everybody else) – Part 1
What if your neighbor actually loves liturgy more than you? In November at the Regional Church Extension Conference, multiple sessions were dedicated to the topic of 2 recent books by James K.A. Smith—Desiring the Kingdom and You Are What You Love. I (Brad Hertzog) led the sessions with 25 men—chairmen of Presbytery Missions Committees and […]