Hitting The Wall With Emergence
I want to weigh in on the dust up over the emerging church. I’ve already asked if the emerging church is dying or maturing but I want to address the several posts that have revealed some tension. The original post, I think began with Tall Skinny Kiwi, with a great response by Danielle Shroyer. But then Jeremy Bouma responded with …
Still Searching
Brian McLaren recently quoted a friend on his blog and said, “The kingdom of God is always at hand – but it’s never in hand.” I love that. There’s this quality about the Kingdom of God that is always present in our lives but is impossible to control. To grasp for it it to reduce it to something that looks …
The Emergent Paradox
What if Emergent Christianity is creating a paradox for people? What if those who see black recognize that white is the only thing that will work? Brian McLaren recently posted the following quote from a conversation he had with someone he recently met. And I can’t help but recognize the tension so many have with Emergence. “Ah, McLaren. I don’t …
Christian Atheism
Popout [See Embedded Video] – Speak it Brian. I think one of the largest shifts I have made is away from the marriage of politics and religion. Maybe the framers of America knew what they were doing. ;-P As I take the risk to follow Jesus I can see how politics can so easily co-opt the religious system, or vice …
Top 50 Possible Reasons Why You’re Not Emergent
In the spirit of the new book, Why We’re Not Emergent, the accompanying website, and this post, I thought I’d present the Top 50 Possible Reasons Why You’re Not Emergent. ———————————————————- 50. They’re all a bunch of false prophets. Really, that’s what they told me 49. My mother will disown me. 48. I just don’t like Doug Pagitt. He scares …
Q2 – Belief vs Love
I was reading an interview about Bryan Mclaren and and the interviewer asked about a question McLaren asks in his book. “In GENEROUS ORTHODOXY you raise a provocative question: “If Jesus were physically on earth today, would he want to be a Christian?” Would he? The question got me thinking about what our interpretation of being a Christian is? Is …
