Christly Gestures: learning to be members of the Body of Christ

Catholic New Times, Dec 14, 2003 by Ted Schmidt

Christly Gestures: learning to be members of the Body of Christ by Brett P. Webb-Mitchell. What has happened to religious education in the past number of years? There has been a gradual realization that things are not working. Thoughtful observers, here and abroad, men like Parker Palmer, Tom Groome, John Westerfoff and Michael Warren have written powerfully about this crisis; Dennis Murphy in Canada also has also pointed to the loss of corporate memory in a new generation of teachers.

Brett Webb-Mitchell adds to this conversation in this book. How do we enflesh the good news in our communities? How do we get beyond cognition and intellectualization? As Robert Coles asks, "What is the point of knowing good if you don't keep trying to become a good person?"