Minemergent

If you aren't a regular visitor to the Emergent Village web, they offer a daily thought by email called Minemergent. Here's a recent sample that you may enjoy:

Experiencing God in the here and now

Why are we so enamored with a side of God (His transcendence), an attribute we can't really wrap our minds around anyway, when there is so much of God we can experience right here, right now, with faculties God has gifted us with to know Him, to enjoy Him?

We want to know him in some abstract, spiritual way, when He is cooling us with a breeze and warming us with a sun ray. We look for God in miracles, in some out of this world (supernatural) phenomenon and we miss Him in so many, many ways every single day, every single moment. The question is not where is God, but where are we?



Florin Paladie

A peek ahead

Here's our tentative schedule for the next few months:

May 12 - facilitated by Ron Cheshire

June 9 - facilitated by Terry Cartwright

July 14 - take the month off and enjoy yourself!

August 11 - facilitated by Clay Youngblood

How (NOT) to speak of God

Join us April 14 for a discussion of Peter's Rollins book How (NOT) to speak of God. Meeting details are posted in the right hand column.

You won't need to buy the book, unless you want to, as I'll post some questions to spur the conversation...for example: Rollins says that rather than have the right belief (orthodoxy) emergents understand that it is more important to believe in the right way - a loving, sacrificial, Christ-like way. Do you agree or disagree? Check back for more questions.

Hope you can join us in April.

Pluralism

How should the followers of Jesus relate to people of other religions? We'll discuss this topic as we are almost ready to wrap up our discussion of McLaren's book on Thursday, March 10. Meeting details are listed in the right hand column of the blog. Hope to see you there.

Next meeting will be Thursday, January 13, 2011

At the October meeting we decided to take the holiday months of November and December off and meet again on Thursday, January 13, 2011. Enjoy the break and your time with family and friends.

October Meeting on the 14th

We should have a great conversation this week as we discuss what is the purpose of the church and is the church accomplishing it's purpose?

You'll be ready for this meeting if you think about your answers to those questions before we meet. Hope to see you there.

Mark your calendar for September 9

On Thursday, September 9 we'll meet at 7:00 PM at ESCAPE in Allen to discuss McLaren's next question: What is the Gospel? You're welcome to join the conversation, whether or not you've read McLaren's A New Kind of Christianity.