I’m skeptical about all things “emergent,” mainly because it is impossible to nail down the theological underpinnings of all things “emergent” (and they – whoever “they” are – like it that way!).<\/p>\n
I recently read a news story about two ladies in Ohio who started a campaign to buy up billboards on interstates to share the message that “It’s OK to say Merry Christmas.”<\/a><\/p>\n You should know by now how I feel about the efforts of well-meaning Christians to keep Christ in CHRISTmas<\/a>. Now it seems there is a group of believers who are being just as proactive to ensure that Jesus’s birth isn’t associated with rampant year-end consumerism.<\/p>\n The article made reference to a group called Advent Conspiracy<\/a>. I’d never heard of it, even though for the past two years they have raised more than $3.5 million dollars for social causes around the world.<\/p>\n Turns out it’s those hard-to-define “emergents” who are behind this conspiracy to replace consumerism with compassion at Christmas. Five pastors collaborated in 2006 to start the conspiracy among their own churches -churches with names like Imago Dei Community and Ecclesia. My interest was peaked.<\/p>\n So peaked that on Monday’s Paul Edwards Program<\/a> I’ll talk with the Creative Director at one of these “emergent” churches: Tony Biagnne of Windsor Crossing<\/a> in St. Louis, MO. Hopefully your interest is peaked enough to tune in at 4:00 pm ET on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m skeptical about all things “emergent,” mainly because it is impossible to nail down the theological underpinnings of all things “emergent” (and they – whoever “they” are – like it that way!). I recently read a news story about two … Continue reading