I think I would like this, if i understood it:

… the church must get back into the task of narrating our Story before the world, as opposed to marketing to the world. … “Who Gets To Narrate the World?” according to Brian, we must take the position that “nobody gets a privileged position.”

In my response, I asked, if we do accept that there are no metanarratives in the Lyotard sense, should the question even be “who gets to narrate the world?” Or should the question be instead, how can we narrate the Story we have been given more faithfully so that the truth of our story in Christ can be fully displayed and tested in the contest of narratives that has become our postmodern reality in the West? … How can we become less distracted with the various modes of selling the gospel, or defending it using meta foundations that no longer exist and instead return to the narration of the gospel of Christ so that the powerful living reality of God, the Father, Son and Holy Ghost in a people can do the speaking?

Simon, you love that lingo don’t you? [lol]

You may notice a vaugue similarity to Walter Bruggeman, here.

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