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| How (not) to speak of God |
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| Written by Laryn | |||
| Wednesday, 17 May 2006 15:54 | |||
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"In this way the emerging conversation is demonstrating an ability to stand up and engage in a powerless, space-creating dis-course that opens up thinking and offers hints rather than orders. In short, the emerging community must endevour to be a question rather than an answer and an aroma rather than food. It must seek to offer an approach that enables the people of God to become the parable, aroma, and salt of God in the world, helping to form a space where God can give of God. For too long the church has been seen as an oasis in the desert - offering water to those who are thirsty. In contrast, the emerging community appears more as a desert in the oasis of life, offering silence, space and desolation amidst the sickly nourishment of Western capitalism. It is in this desert, as we wander together as nomads, that God is to be found. For it is here that we are nourished by our hunger." For what it's worth, if I squint I can read Brian McLaren's blurb on the cover: I am a raving fan of [this] book...one of the most important contributions to date to the emergent church conversation. It's out in the US in July.
Related on this site: Reflections by heretics (ikon and Pete Rollins)
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