It may be self serving but I am encouraged when I see others speaking out for a post emergent future for the emerging church. Here is a snippet of a review from a talk given by Jason Clark titled The Emerging Church: Another Dead-End or the Hope of the Church?
First, it must become a deeper church [...]
I am preparing for a couple of worship messages based on Act 2:42-44Act 2:42-44English: Contemporary English Version (1999) – CEV42 They spent their time learning from the apostles, and they were like family to each other. They also broke bread g broke bread: They ate together and celebrated the Lord’s Supper. and prayed together. [...]
I got the latest Emergent/C (which is the newsletter/communication piece of Emergent Village) today and it included this quote.
We in Emergent Village are poised for an important year in 2007. A pivotal year, I’d say. Lots of people are watching—some with high hopes that EV might be a part of a re-birth of [...]
Continue reading about emerging church evolution or revolution?
Alex Mcmanus of Mosaic Church in LA has an interesting observation and reflection on the emerging church and Mosaic’s link to things emerging into the mystic… » Is Mosaic a part of the Emerging Church?
Here’s the interesting observation by someone outside the church
Recently a Los Angeles Times reporter was given the assignment to write an [...]
Continue reading about Is Mosaic a part of the Emerging Church?
In my recent web browsing of things emergent. I came across some posts that suggest that my post emergent perspective is not a fluke.
Jaimie Smith of Generous Orthodoxy ThinkTank: Emergent Reflections Post-Divergent points out several distinctions he recently experienced at an emergent event in Geneva between the US EC and the expression of emergence in Europe [...]
This morning I opened up my email inbox and there was this article about Driscoll defining emergent/emerging churches is a way "we can all understand" Monday Morning Insight Weblog: It has link to a PDF of an article by Mark in the Criswell Journal (which also has an interview with Brian McLaren giving his perspective that the [...]
Mark Driscoll has issued a public apology for the pretty ugly comments he made about Brian Mclaren and Doug Pagitt on leadership journal blog. Here’s a clip of the apology
I have come to see that my comments were sinful and in poor taste. Therefore, I am publicly asking for forgiveness from both Brian and Doug because I [...]
I had an interesting conversation with another urban church planter yesterday. He shared that he was rethinking how being a missional church (along the lines of the The Shaping of Things to Come) would fit into his ministry with people of diversity in an urban church context. The forced choice between being attractional and missional seemed well [...]
As I share in a comment to the original post I was un prepared for the the nerve that this post has struck in the emerging church blogosphere. I think it is important to share the wealth of thought that is being generated on the subject. Not everyone sees it the way I do (that’s [...]
Continue reading about post emergent pt III – sharing the wealth
At the risk of becoming what I have critiqued I think I ought to suggest what can happen beyond the talk about post emergent. A speech by Dr. King Where do we go from here: Chaos or community? that later became a book has formed a good starting point. The question of whether the conversation dissolves into chaos [...]
Loading ...
Recent Comments