From AKMA -
The fact that people are haggling over how many tens of thousands of Iraqis have died in a war that has not brought a higher degree of peace and security, that has evidently increased the amount of terrorist activity in Iraq, illustrates how the policymakers in the U.S. government have gone off their hinges.
Every Christian heart must be saddened in view of this separation... which exists between the Oriental Catholic Church and the Roman Catholic Church, which has subsisted for so many centuries between churches which have alike an apostolic origin; which have, save one word, the same creed; which have the same sacraments, the same priesthood, the same ethics, the same worship.
Ministers can feel dehumanized at times. This happens in part because we court our righteous image and in part because the people in the pews want to see nothing but our image. Taylor describes a church party where people were pushing each other into a pool. No one would push the minister in, of course, so there she stood watching everyone else in the water. But then someone gave her a shove and she found herself in the water with all the rest of us. I found myself struggling with tears as I thought about my own life and how many times I have wished I could be “a regular person.”
The emerging church definitely evidences the passion for mission, the penchant for methodological innovation, and the respect for Scripture characteristic of evangelicalism. But there is also the intellectual depth and openness to theological innovation often found in mainline circles. Emergents are also very eager to learn from the depth of spiritual practices found in liturgical churches while combining these with the charismatic passion of the pentecostal movement.Posted by tripp at October 13, 2006 06:40 AM