O.k., I thought this was pretty funny. Why I am not emergent.
Despite the playful poke in the eye attitude, I still am not much impressed by any of the “new movements” on the cafeteria of the current American religious landscape. Hype? Style? Adolescent? All of the above? When I compare the thinking and writing of more orthodox saints of the faith (past and present, but more and more, those of the past), the voices of the current movements sound hollow, shrill, and whinney. At a certain point, faith requires intellectual and spiritual gravitas if it is to be relevant and transformative. Running barefoot in the fields of the Lord can feel liberating, and thumbing one’s nose at the perceived hubris of Tradition makes for satisfying adolescent rebellion, but at the end of the day it is the obedient embrace to the spirit and mind of Christ that matters, not how “cool” you look.
