I think, as Mr. George wrote in LEO, Sojourn has become too active in the community to ignore. Or to put it another way, it’s simply become an interesting story: Young church seems to come out of nowhere and starts growing rapidly, bringing in cool art exhibits and music shows, getting involved in neighborhood associations, working for the poor, etc. “What’s it all about? What’s their agenda?”

I can certainly see why people would ask those questions.

On another subject, what ignited this recent string of stories in Velocity and Leo?

“There is warmth here, yes, and an element of persuasion that’s surprising. Although this place, during this particular Sunday morning service, is about as vanilla as a public radio play list, I feel connected. To something. I cannot intellectualize it, because to do so would ruin it.”