So Rob Bell brings his brand of super hip preaching/performing to Scotland.

His latest tour is called ‘Drops like stars‘ and calls in to Perth Convert (Oops I meant to say CONCERT) hall on March the 19th- organised by Dundee for Christ.

Is it worth the trek accross hill and glen to hear him speak?

Despite my reluctance to endorse celebrity Christianity- I think the answer to this question is yes. I heard his speak at Greenbelt recently, and his disarming and deeply insightful intelligence was quite something. I went cynical, but came away a fan.

The blurb for this current speaking tour contained this

We plot, we plan, we assume things are going to go
A certain way and then they don’t and we find ourselves
In a new place, a place we haven’t been before, a place
We never would have imagined on our own,

And so it was difficult and unexpected and maybe even
Tragic and yet it opened us up and freed us to see
Things in a whole new way

Suffering does that—
It hurts,
But it also creates.

How many of the most significant moments in your
Life came not because it all went right, but because
It all fell apart?

It’s strange how there can be art in the agony…

The Drops Like Stars tour is a two
Hour exploration of the endlessly complex
Relationship between suffering and creativity—
And I’d love to see you there.

The ‘light and shade’ nature of Spiritual formation has been a recent theme here, so I will get hold of the book, even if I can not get to Perth…

And if there is a T-shirt…?