Sep
11
2007
The Fatal Metaphor of Progress
When it comes to many things, no one says it better than G.K. Chesterton. His book Orthodoxy has been on my all-time favorite list of books for many years now. In thinking about both the challenges and opportunities facing the church in the modern world, I read some Chesterton today and behold, look what I found:
“The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the real idea of growth, which means leaving things inside us.”
Profound! Chew on that one for a while and be changed!