A new quote from Rob Bell, his redux of the Apostle’s creed if you will.

My name is Rob, and I live in Grand Rapids, Mich., and I’m a Christian. I believe in Jesus, and I believe Jesus is the way, and I believe in heaven, and I believe in hell, and I believe the Bible is God’s word. And I’m not a universalist because I believe God’s love is so great God lets you decide. I believe in the communion of the saints. I believe the church is the fullness. I believe in the new heaven and new Earth. I believe in healing. I believe in miracles. I believe in salvation. I believe in the power of prayer. I believe that God is alive and working. I believe there’s been a resurrection, and there’s a whole new creation bursting forth right here in the midst of this one. And I also believe it’s best to only discuss books you’ve actually read.

http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2011/04/rob_bell_i_believe_its_best_to.html

I’m not entirely sure Bell’s words (both from the book and here) are intended to describe as much as to evoke. In that sense Bont “poetry” is probably not a bad descriptions, but here we are describing again.

There are times I want something evocative, and at times descriptive.

Usually when things are serious, like with lawyers, accountants, doctors, tax people, sales persons, etc. I prefer descriptive rather than evocative. When salespersons are evocative the descriptive result in my bank account is often consequential.