1.0The New Christianshttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/tonyjonesTony Joneshttps://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/tonyjones/author/tjonesLooking Back on Christianity21 - The New Christiansrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="F3s1dA9wpV"><a href="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/tonyjones/2009/10/looking-back-on-christianity21.html">Looking Back on Christianity21</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/tonyjones/2009/10/looking-back-on-christianity21.html/embed#?secret=F3s1dA9wpV" width="600" height="338" title="“Looking Back on Christianity21” — The New Christians" data-secret="F3s1dA9wpV" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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As other bloggers have noted, putting the Christianity21 experience into words is nearly impossible. In short, it went even better than Doug and I imagined it. All of the pieces came together beautifully. In fact, when people repeatedly stopped me in the hallways on the first day to say how well they thought it was…http://blog.beliefnet.com/tonyjones/files/import/assets_c/2009/10/C21%20Sketch-thumb-340x226-8597.jpg