Ah, my dear Tony, now you're meddling!
I began my along awaited adventure into Tony Jones' new book, The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier, and I must say I like, REALLY like, what I've read so far. I spent the evening moving through almost half of it. So far, I believe that it is the best book on the emerging church in all it's fullness and flavors.
Coming at the heels of the end of my own annual denominational meeting and our denominations Quadrennial meeting, one section [as if I could even pick just one] stood out, and I share it with you:
Amen, Lillian! Amen, Tony! Oh that we may rediscover our revolutionary hearts and boldly take a step forward towards the "new frontier."
Peace,
E
I began my along awaited adventure into Tony Jones' new book, The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier, and I must say I like, REALLY like, what I've read so far. I spent the evening moving through almost half of it. So far, I believe that it is the best book on the emerging church in all it's fullness and flavors.
Coming at the heels of the end of my own annual denominational meeting and our denominations Quadrennial meeting, one section [as if I could even pick just one] stood out, and I share it with you:
"Lillian Daniel
is a pastor in the United Church of Christ, a notoriously left leaning
denomination founded in 1957....reflecting on the biannual General Synod
national meeting, she moaned, 'We used to be a group of
revolutionaries. Now we're a group of resolutionaries.' Operating by
a distinctively non-biblical Robert's Rules of Order, she said the
convention has devolved into a gathering of persons who read
resolutions that are then voted on and promptly forgotten. The
resolutions range from those for gay marriage to those against gay
marriage, from a call to study the imprisonment of native Hawaiians to
'saving Social Security from privatization.' The resolutions pile up;
and then they're read, seconded, discussed, voted on, and filed.' Lillian thought she was joining a movement, but she was joining a
bureaucracy. And that bureaucracy tends to squash the passion of may
Christ-centered and enthusiastic persons therein." p. 9-10
Amen, Lillian! Amen, Tony! Oh that we may rediscover our revolutionary hearts and boldly take a step forward towards the "new frontier."
Peace,
E
I am reading Doug's new book right now, heh.. and it sounds just as good as this one!
BTW: Eric tell everyone you were on a podcast and give them some links to subscribe to iTunes! heh.
Posted by: D.G. Hollums | May 31, 2008 at 12:48 AM