Comment from Paul to Michael D.
Hey, sorry I'm a little late in posting anything concerning your analysis. I just want to say that the statement you made concerning Hays was extremely important when he said, we need to retell the stories in the New Testament in a way that we find our place within them. This is a difficult thing to do, but like you said it will take some imagination on ou part, as well as our life being developed by God for the culture in which we live. Also the list of 'patterns of life', was in my mind a paraphrase of the New Testament. This analysis helped me already want to develop patterns in my own life that will contribute to this way of life.