3/6/18 Meeting Notes

meetingnotes-e1520793252622.png

7:30-7:35 — Pray + Check Up7:35-7:40 — Logistics Pt. 1

  1. Blog Announcement

    1. Looking for people who are interested in helping Jamie Har with the blog!

    2. To do: Updating the staff and bios, and organizing the articles already posted

  2. Deadline/Timeline

    1. Checking in on editing progress

    2. New timeline - sent out by email. General timeline below:

      1. Second Drafts: due 3/9 @11:59 PM

        1. Editors will edit by 3/12

        2. Bonus: Claritas meeting 3/13 will be a work day! You're welcome :)

      2. Third Drafts: due 3/16 @11:59 PM

      3. Final Drafts: due 3/19 @11:59 PM

  3. Photos: assigning various photos to each piece

    1. Photographer ideas?

      1. Book-themed pictures

      2. Cover ideas? (i.e. painting)

7:40-8:10 — Read and discuss Esther Jiang’s "What Killed Robert Peace?"

  • Initial thoughts / Impressions of the piece / Point out what worked

    • Approaching sin from the “back door." She introduces sin as something naturally relatable and understandable, without feeling the need to defend the entirety of Christianity/every permutation of sin

    • “Telling it slant”

    • Voice is present, argument develops naturally

    • Very focused; doesn’t feel the need to be superfluous; feel author’s voice

    • Thesis: last sentence of third paragraph: good place to put it!

      • Get to your point efficiently, introductions are important!

    • It can be controversial, but that’s ok! Not everyone has to agree with your writing. Sparking conversation is good!

  • Her inspirations

  1. Started as a book she just really wanted to read; found the story fascinating (people should pick books that they’re interested in)

    1. Ask, “Why is this issue important to me?”

    2. She was thinking about how you can help marginalized communities, and how to get them out of poverty.

      • Robert Peace had the abilities to leave and escape from these conditions;

        • Reading through the book; people think of poverty either as an individual problem or a structural issue; also the way people view public policy...yet this is not the complete picture

        • Third aspect of spiritual poverty; we talk about how relationship with God was broken through sin; have that unique perspective to see a third type of poverty; noticed instances where Robert was trying to experience and keep in touch with his roots; keeping in touch with this drove him back

  • Her takeaways/advice and process when writing

  1. Starts with a question of “Why is this issue important for you?”

    • For Esther she really wants to help marginalized communities out of poverty; is education the answer?

    1. Think about the answers that have been given. Do those things actually fit the story that the book that you’re reading; does it give you satisfying answers; what is missing?

      • Two solutions provided in her piece

    2. Are we leaving God out of the picture? What about God is it that you’re leaving out of the picture?

      • Final two paragraphs of her piece; that aspect of spiritual poverty

  • Things to improve

    • Expand on sin a little more a little more information about the origin of sin

    • She could have improved on mechanics

    • Explored more of the tension between the two answers that the world offered

    • Could have done better with transition between relational poverty and then talking about the Gospel

8:10-8:25 — Additional discussion including a "relevant" article titled, "What the world needs most is not our relevance"

  1. Questions + Reactions

    1. Calling out the idea of relevance; we shouldn’t pine after it

    2. Being prophetic, speaking to what will last

    3. Being relevant as being relevant to everyone, shying away from the truth

    4. But, being relevant can also be positive

    5. Frustration in how Christians are living now. What is their role in society, how do we contribute to it? Relevancy is one specific aspect to it.

    6. Role of money in our lives, the american dream and Christianity. Love of money

    7. A criticism: not distinguishing between gifts and idols

8:25-8:30 — Pray + Closing Remarks

  • Reminder about due dates

  • Last pitch for helping with blogs

  • Sign up on the excel sheet

    • Send out email at the end of the meeting with a new timeline and the excel sheet for article sign-up

 

NOTES COURTESY OF ABIGAIL BEZRUTCZYK, POSTED BY JAMIE HAR