My friends Dallas Willard and Tom Sine have used a related metaphor, speaking of the conspiracy of God (or “divine conspiracy” or “mustard seed conspiracy”). Conspiracy certainly resonates with the title of this book, suggesting secrecy, hiddenness. It is also rich with connotations—since the word means a group of people who speak in whispers and work so closely that they breathe one another’s breath (con = with, spir = breath). God’s conspiracy seeks to overturn the world as it is so that a new world can emerge.
