Much conversation among Resonators and in the Christian regions of Blogberg re emerging church, as some, particularly evangelicals, feel the heat from a few of their more dogmatic colleagues. Originally that term was about this remarkable wave [note last part of 'termite' post] where a number of communities in vastly different areas started doing similar things. Whatever it's about, it's about envisioning church without walls, limits, without the box. Rilke was on the same wave at the turn of the last century - here's a bit:
No churches to encircle God as though
he were a fugitive, and then bewail him
as if he were a captured, wounded creature -
all houses will prove friendly, there will be
a sense of boundless sacrifice prevailing
in all actions and in you and me.
[from "All will grow great and powerful again" in The Book of Hours]
Fabulous quote... Thanks
Posted by: Mark Berry | January 31, 2006 at 05:02 AM