I participated in a semi-f0rmal Twitter chat this evening with Fred Sanders on Andrew Sullivan’s Newsweek essay. It was a fun exercise and an interesting discussion and I am grateful to Biola for taking it on and to Brett McCracken for inviting me. You can read the whole thing here (find the bottom and read up.)
I thought I’d put a few of my favorite tweets here.
https://twitter.com/#!/FredFredSanders/status/187744628018118657
https://twitter.com/#!/FredFredSanders/status/187738393407537154
https://twitter.com/#!/FredFredSanders/status/187739163821473792
https://twitter.com/#!/FredFredSanders/status/187739237519593472
https://twitter.com/#!/FredFredSanders/status/187748075060736000
https://twitter.com/#!/philiptallon/status/187754843828531200
https://twitter.com/#!/mattleeanderson/status/187751018300317699
https://twitter.com/#!/mattleeanderson/status/187747765776941056
And my most popular and favorite tweet of the night:
https://twitter.com/#!/mattleeanderson/status/187747167258152960
Thanks again to Fred, Biola, Brett, and everyone who came out and played.
Matt, thanks for joining in. Biola posted a storify summary here that catches the flow nicely: http://storify.com/biolau/twitter-chat-newsweek-andrew-sullivan-and-jesus
I was passing through the Philadelphia airport on Thursday when I picked up a copy of this edition of the magazine. I had a similar, frustrating reaction. Meacham’s piece on Heaven in Time was also interesting, but more descriptive and less prescriptive.
JW