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Last night I sat down to glance through Jim and Casper Go To Church, and didn’t put it down until I was finished.
It’s an easy read with lots to say.
However, I do have one critique that, in my opinion, makes this book much less valuable as a practical ministry resource: The fact that Casper is an atheist.
True atheists make up such a small part of our population, that a book based on an atheists initial impressions seems to miss the mark. How many practicing atheists are visiting our churches? I think somebody who is open to the idea of church but hasn’t attended in years for all the usual reasons, or has never been, may be a better candidate. It seems to me that many more people in the ‘I’m kinda open’ category visit our churches than do atheists. It’s possible that some of the observations and reactions would have been the same, but I can’t help but wonder how they’d differ.
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Oops, the top part of my comment was meant to be a quote from james…I failed to put it in quotation marks.
I too have read it and found it an easy read and quite thought provoking.
I understand your point about Casper being an atheist, but remember in the introduction Jim talks about two kinds of people, basically christian or non-christian.
I dont think we can ever get enough honest and challenging feedback regardless of faith stance.
My 2c.
M.