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| 26.9.05 |
| git 'er dun |
i still haven't found a church. i'm sure there are good ones out there, but none have interested me. so in feeling a need for some church yesterday, i decided to check out one in michigan. and how cool is it that we live in an age where i can get my church for a pastor who lives 2000 miles away.
logically, i decided to listen to the most recent sermon, which was part of a series, so i opted to start with the first in a series. man did i stumble across something - it seems that rob is pissing quite a few people off. or rather, rob has become the pinata for everyone who is taking hits on the emergent church movement.
for those of you who do not go to jacob's well, i shall explain the concept. and after i start my first seminary class on wednesday on popular culture, theology and the emergent church (as taught by this guy), i shall know even more. the emergent church is a movement among young adults to find themselves in the church today. it is applied postmodernity, and it is controversial for its questioning of church tradition. somewhat ironically, it also embraces many of the traditional church ideas of community and critical thinking that protestantism (and many other religions) was founded on. let me also explain what it is not - a denomination. there is not one formula, although as i mentioned above, the traditional limitations of distance and communication are no longer applicable so ideas are shared much more freely.
check out rob's press for yourself, then google "rob bell" and "mars hill" to read a few of the ranting blogs. i personally have a hard time believing the rants, since this is the man who inspired my faith through three things: his wife, his love of an outsider kid, and his exegesis of green day. quite simply, God has given the man the gift of explaining how He transcends culture. but these disagreements are conversations i look forward to participating in. in the meantime, i will be holed up in class but i promise i will breathe every now and then to say hi to you all. |
| posted by Paige @ 10:11 PM |
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have you read Velvet Elvis yet?
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not yet. you?
i just ordered it last night, so i will read it soon. i was reading the reviews though...interesting stuff. i mean, is it fair to consider a memoir as theology? i guess by virtue of his leadership, people have to consider his personal theology as the theology that is taught in the church.
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i haven't, but judging from comments i've heard about it and having met rob on a few occasions back in the day and knowing about him, i'm thinking this is something i'd like to pick up. i'd be interested in getting your take on it. i didn't realize that it was written as a memoir. i'll probably order it this week.
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have you read Velvet Elvis yet?