Last saturday I was at an Emergent conference with Brian McLaren in Tampa for a couple hours.
Strange.
This was one of the worship songs. It may have been stranger live. There was a full on public responsive confession about being sorry for driving cars and putting concrete on God's green earth (and i'm sure almost everyone there used both of them in order to be at the conference).
It was weird not feeling comfortable participating in a worship service because I felt almost the opposite of what was being taught. With most doctrinal issues, I have a bit of respect and reverence for the tradition that landed them where they are, e.g., during the catholic service at the basilica in Cartago, I wanted to partcipate in the service as best I could.
I appreciate a lot of what the emergent church is bringing to the table and to the public's attenttion and some of the reforms they are seeking for Christendom, even though they would probably reject the term. After attending this conference, though, it was so bohemian and just plain weird that it really made me think a little more closely about the words I say during worship songs and responsive creeds. About not taking the Lord's name in vain--literally attaching no value to the words you are saying.
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man i have such a hard time with the emergent church, mostly bc i feel so strongly that brian mcclaren is a heretic. i do like a lot of what they want to do, but i think they take some things just way too far. i mean way to far. i love the idea of the church taking care of the planet, the church should be green if you ask me, in fact i think the church should be leading the charge for the restoration of the planet. its ridiculous that we say we care about the restoration of the people on this planet, but dont do anything about saving Gods creation. this of course is just one example, but i do like the involvement in social issues and things of that sort. what i dont appreciate is the sometimes terrible doctrine that comes along with that. i dont know but id be interested to see what happened at that conference.
dan, you said it much nice than me--and maybe better. but i agree. and i'll leave it at that.
ha ha, me too.
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