1.28.2006

"Bit by the Emerging Bug"

Great post over at Emerging Grace titled "Bit by the Emerging Bug".

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"It is helpful for me to remember how differently I saw things in my pre-emergent days. When I viewed the church with institutional glasses, I would not have seen or understood any of the emerging conversation. It was simply out of context to my belief system.

For those who haven't contracted the emerging virus, there is no ability to see. It is like color-blindness, in that what is visible to one person, doesn't even register to another person."
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  1. I admit it—I’m having a hard time coming to terms with the emergent movement. Maybe it’s because I’ve almost always been in churches that have their acts together, that are active both in ministering to the Body and in reaching out to the community, but I honestly don’t see where it helps to trash the structure of the traditional church simply because some churches are not doing what they are called to do. To me, that’s like throwing the baby out with the bathwater. I appreciate Grace’s openness and honesty as she struggles and searches to find an answer to something that has been a source of great heartache for her[...]
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  2. Hi Lily,
    Thanks for the link.
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  3. Your very welcome, Grace.
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