tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6856968518135187295.post8205049377379923968..comments2023-02-16T02:20:54.608-08:00Comments on emerging curiosities: an oozeletter: 'lighting matches in a light bulb world'davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03329377359270316276noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6856968518135187295.post-5250279220503726872007-02-23T10:02:00.000-08:002007-02-23T10:02:00.000-08:00thanks for these words, dave. i appreciate your r...thanks for these words, dave. i appreciate your reflections on spencer burke's writing. <BR/><BR/>a few thoughts on my part:<BR/><BR/>1. the issue spencer burke seems to be addressing is making 'church' (ie. historical christian faith) 'relevant' (ie. packaging the message in such a way that this generation can hear/understand it). an issue worth address<BR/><BR/>2. the issue it *doesn't* seem like he's addressing is the massive theological shift that writers like peter rollins (and yours truly) is advocating. this is the shift from believing that we orthodox/catholic/non-heretical christians are the possessors and carriers of the light of the world (be it woodfire or nuclear) to the belief that all things are aflame with divinity, and that our collective joy will be increased to the degree that we can recognize this, and bow to the divine in everyone and everything we encounter.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com