tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061650.post2025385181710838181..comments2023-10-10T10:43:44.424-04:00Comments on cheaper than therapy: Death to the Emerging Church! Long Live the Emerged Church!DJ Wordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14597363296679699935noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061650.post-47878052496645737412010-01-12T22:26:21.650-05:002010-01-12T22:26:21.650-05:00I was with you until you mentioned the Cardinals.
...I was with you until you mentioned the Cardinals.<br /><br />Seriously, great post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061650.post-54945621029498236852010-01-11T08:59:49.614-05:002010-01-11T08:59:49.614-05:00Thanks Penitent. I enjoyed the read. hope its gett...Thanks Penitent. I enjoyed the read. hope its getting you some much deserved traffic.<br /><br />on Porpoise- regarding your comment, my only response is 3 letters...<br /><br />huh?DJ Wordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14597363296679699935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061650.post-51088692788806298862010-01-09T13:40:43.094-05:002010-01-09T13:40:43.094-05:00Did you read the news?
"Emerging Church, pron...Did you read the news?<br />"Emerging Church, pronounced dead Thursday, missing from grave"<br /><br />http://vegascohort.blogspot.com/2010/01/emerging-church-pronounced-dead.htmlPenitenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13184849265205563756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061650.post-63325213603585941862010-01-08T13:36:57.532-05:002010-01-08T13:36:57.532-05:00How do we measure what God's Spirit is up to? ...How do we measure what God's Spirit is up to? Who could be bold enough to posit such an equation that might capture the depth and breadth of this sacred mystery?<br /><br />Cynicism is cyclical --- you always end up where you began --- albeit on a rung of the whirlpool that is lower than where you started out.On Porpoisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06125737408278922993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061650.post-53294100133560600582010-01-08T11:56:26.173-05:002010-01-08T11:56:26.173-05:00Accepting people with different beliefs has not be...Accepting people with different beliefs has not been a strong suit of many parts of the church. I'm happy to be hopeful along with you about the chance that this is changing.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09676086816415791957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061650.post-21324203715120454282010-01-08T11:27:58.548-05:002010-01-08T11:27:58.548-05:00I get what you are saying. I am hoping for a churc...I get what you are saying. I am hoping for a church that is emerged enough that those still emerging are accepted in the church in such a way that they can find "emergence" in the system they live in. Their new (emerging) beliefs are accepted and not seen as freakish.<br /><br /> Sure, that is a pipe dream, but that is why I want it to be emerged into a place where people can emerge safely because the system is ready for them.<br /><br />Plus, I have seen enough the last 15 years that I believe there is possibility. the conversation has moved so far in such a short time frame that I am hopeful for complete emergence... which will then screw up people and they will have to emerge out of.<br /><br />Does that make sense?DJ Wordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14597363296679699935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061650.post-7115555605328925322010-01-08T11:04:02.661-05:002010-01-08T11:04:02.661-05:00one disagreement.
just because you are all done, ...one disagreement.<br /><br />just because you are all done, doesn't mean everyone else is.<br /><br />the "emerging church" tent has been a place to come in out of the criticism and sit with people who do not think you are crazy.<br /><br />i personally don't care what you call that function, but that is a beautiful function, and i would be sorry to see it die.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09676086816415791957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4061650.post-74493952596630677692010-01-08T10:39:13.533-05:002010-01-08T10:39:13.533-05:00first off - an Eagles reference. way way nice.
f...first off - an Eagles reference. way way nice.<br /><br />for me, the money quote is:<br /><br />We are programmed to receive<br /><br />2nd - I loved the first post, love this one even more.<br /><br />the power of this part makes me feel so much hope:<br />kill the Emerging Church, just let them in. Don't worry, they won't destroy anything big enough to follow. Then a new Emerging Church can come along and tell us what we are doing wrong and how we need to change and emerge.Bob Carltomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13981539413628907841noreply@blogger.com