Claiborne tells about his adventure with his friend shooting the video clips. The responses he said they got seemed to be a little bizarre to me. I understand there are people that say they are Christians and then are hypocritical, but there are also the ones that do show the "love, grace, and community" he talked about. Also I feel that if he is so concerned about the imagery the word "Christian" brings to mind, they why doesn't he show the "love, grace, and community" to those people he interviewed and responded with "fake, hypocrites, church, used to be one, and boring". 

The main response that really made me think was: "used to be one." If Claiborne is the evangelist he seems to be throughout the book, then why is he so wrapped up in his project and not seeking to help the people he is interviewing that seem to be lost. Instead of focusing on the imagery people have of "Christian" in the present, I feel he should focus on changing the imagery now instead of later (or never). He should make the new kind of Christianity for love and grace emerge that he talks about. (page 270) He can help change the churches so people can become to know the God he knows, witness to the people on the street instead of interviewing, and use the published article for the magazine as an opportunity. Overall I feel Claiborne has stepped out of his position of fulfilling what he believes God would want. 

 

What is the point of the project? Is he trying to use this project to try to encourage the "Christians" to go out into the world and witness about our awesome God? If so, what gives him the honors of this job (we are all equal)? I feel he might have wasted a great opportunity to show the "love, grace, and community" those people needed to discover. All "Christians" should be witnessing every opportunity because we all know life is short.