Brilliant Articulation by Brian McLaren
Brian McLaren has an article at Christianity Today entitled A New Kind of Old Christian about the need for mutual respect between pioneers into postmodernism and settlers who stay in the contemporary church structures.
Following is an excerpt:
We live on the border of an emerging culture where no paths exist. Not everyone should head for the hills. But some should. They'll be criticized; at times, they may criticize those they (mis)judge as too timid to join the adventure. Instead, though, I would hope that the innovators would respect their cousins in the colonies, and vice versa. Both have a job to do. We need roots and leaves, settlers and pioneers. To fly, we need to lean back and kick forward, swinging new/old with joy and maybe even childlike laughter. --Brian McLaren
Yes, that's it exactly!
Micah Girl
Following is an excerpt:
We live on the border of an emerging culture where no paths exist. Not everyone should head for the hills. But some should. They'll be criticized; at times, they may criticize those they (mis)judge as too timid to join the adventure. Instead, though, I would hope that the innovators would respect their cousins in the colonies, and vice versa. Both have a job to do. We need roots and leaves, settlers and pioneers. To fly, we need to lean back and kick forward, swinging new/old with joy and maybe even childlike laughter. --Brian McLaren
Yes, that's it exactly!
Micah Girl
posted by MicahGirl at 9:28 AM
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5 Comments:
Brian McLaren always says things right on. I'm gonna keep this quote saved.
Thanks for the thoughts, guys!
I also appreciate that fact that McLaren is not going for the us vs. them so much so that he admits that pioneers sometimes are too critical of settlers. The Body of Christ is so much bigger than any of us individually.
Sometimes I think those of us emerging types who are in traditional structures are on a submersive mission and we need to just keep pushing (in love!) It would be almost to easy to just take a vacation from churchianity and do the whole lone ranger thing. BUT, what I really want is community, and to pull away from an imperfect one out of aggravation, doesn't mean I automatically find myself in a better situation.
This comment isn't really particular to this post, even though I loved the article it is about your Blog in general. I love your style, your energy and your perspective. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the encouraging words, Wayne.
Micah Girl
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