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August 18, 2004
It's a Love/Hate Relationship
Jason Clark of Emergent UK has posted a great entry on things he loves about the emerging church and things he's not so chuffed about. I must say that my initial reading of it was very agreeable. I think Jason hits on some very important concerns. For those still wondering about the whole "emerging church" thing, I think it's helpful to hear from someone like Jason about their honest frustrations with the whole "movement" (he does call it a movement, interestingly enough). It's part of that whole transparent/honest/real thing I love about what God is doing in this little crevice of the body of Christ. Check out Jason's post!
UPDATE 8/20: Jordan Cooper shares some interesting thoughts on "Am I Postmodern?" and reiterates the same concern that Jason Clark shared in his piece about some people who claim "emerging" is the "true church." Ultimately Jordan advocates a "church as refuge" model, but not if that means "emerging church" is a refuge from the "established church." Good stuff.
Posted by Steve K. at August 18, 2004 09:03 PM
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Hey Steve.
Thanks for pointing me to this posting. It's a pretty good summary the "pros and cons" for sure. He definitely addresses some of the fears that I have with the whole emerging movement.
I think the big divide between myself and folks like you and Jason is a language divide. He uses phrases like "social justice" that are red flags in my mind. But after you get his definition of those words and phrases, it seems like we're on the same wavelength. I know that I would use words and phrases that would freak out the hard core emergers, too. But that's probably because of the baggage they associate with those terms.
Interesting stuff. Keep it coming.
Posted by: Wes at August 20, 2004 03:28 PM
I loved it too Steve. A very helpful piece to help us get a handle on this "movement" that seems so resistent to definitions and categorization.
It seems that as humans, even when we try to change things and do them "better" we enevitably create new problems. Jason Clark's analysis seems to back that up.
Posted by: MT at August 24, 2004 03:11 PM
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