No Avatars Allowed in which sin and grace

in which sin and grace are defined in terms of what God has done for us in Jesus Christ

sprouting from the seeds of change—those transformative practices already at work renewing the church

From worshiping God as father to envisioning a holy life as a military campaign

Richard Rohr interacting with a small group of adults

has developed a fresh straightforward framework for experiments in new ministry based on research and interviews

No Avatars Allowed in which sin and graceHow can video games challenge us to think more deeply about our reality, faith, and community? Since the advent of video games in the 1960s, they have become the common experience of everyone from Gen X to the Millennial and post Millennial generations. While many of todays clergy, parishioners, and theologians grew up gaming, the churchs stance regarding video games is one of, at best, bemusement. This book takes seriously the idea that video games