The Christian gospel is an emphatically
public proposal about the nature of the world and our place in it.
I know a lot of (my) Brett's friends have done
big public proposals but I wouldn't like that, it's so much more meaningful to be just the two of you doing something you really enjoy.
If the County Executive or State Senator are at a point where they believe that elected representatives should no longer ask questions or
discuss public proposals, then perhaps both should go back for a history lesson on the foundation of our democracy.
For the past three hundred years, that
public proposal has been inhibited and stifled by Christians who acquiesced in the Enlightenment demand that religion, if it is to survive at all, confine itself to the closet of subjectivity.
In these and many other ways, the case is advanced that Christianity is
a public proposal within the realm of authentically public discourse, and requiring decisions of immeasurable consequences, both personal and cultural.
The Church's
public proposal is well served by the separation of church and state, rightly understood.
I never wanted
a public proposal, so it was perfect!
And how cool about
the public proposal!