Michael Warren

Christly Gestures

“I consider Brett Webb-Mitchell to be the most creative young voice in Christian education today, and I know I am not alone in that judgment. His attention to what he calls 'Christly gestures' puts pressure on churches and seminaries to pay more attention not to their sometimes self-promoting claims but to the actual deeds that enflesh the Good News today. Webb-Mitchell insists that the Good News must be made actual through habitual acts, particularly responsive welcoming gestures toward all those who 'don't seem to fit' according to society's norms. Such gestures represent the ongoing communication of a gospel sensibility that redefines the meaning of Christian education. This book deserves to be widely read so that all congregants may see that they are in fact communicators — either of the Good News or of the Bad News.”