More on the idea of hippie and beatnik, emerging liturgical and Bible church...
There's an interesting "crossing the stream" phenomenon that often happen with folks who grow up in church, but leave for some reason and then later return. Some come back to the tradition from whence they came, but some switch streams.
Some who grow up in more liturgical churches, as they come back migrate to something out of the bible church tradition... where the "formality" is taken out of the proceedings themselves and placed on the preaching act. I imagine for them this feels more "grounding" as well as "deepening" (in terms of their connection/understanding of the Bible).
Some who grow up in more bible church kinds of places, as they come back migrate to something in the liturgical church tradition, where the formality is taken out of the preaching act and spread throughout the whole proceeding. I imagine for them this feels "freeing" and well as "deepening" (in terms of their connection/understanding of the Church and its history).
I love that the emerging church comes along and connects these things, but also that there are good expressions of the emerging church which clearly lean towards one or the other.
I really, really enjoyed the gathering at COTA. There are many things which connect us- a "sensibility" if you will... a look and feel and smell. Same type of people, same love of God. Same candles :) They exist in their own space, so their art is bigger (I couldn't fit those huge icons in my mazda!)... but I love that while it might normally be very difficult for someone who loves the liturgical church to attend a more bible church service and vice versa, the emerging church serves as a bit of a translator, a passport.
I hope that makes sense...
Bu it was different as well... I think one thing the liturgical nature of things does is erect a bit of a "fourth wall". I felt that a little at COTA, though it was a small, intimate space. Our complete lack of fourth wall is probably the main reason why I think it would be difficult to make drama work at evergreen. We could watch it on the screen, but not in the room... but that's another discussion :)
Anyway, it was really cool to be there, to hear their use of ambient music throughout, to walk through the liturgy and see it done well and engagingly, to take communion with brothers and sisters from another community, to hear the word of God read, paraphrased, sung, remixed...
It's really good for me to get to other "emergent" gatherings like this. Gets the creative juices flowing :)
hippie and beatnik? ... more later.
There's an interesting "crossing the stream" phenomenon that often happen with folks who grow up in church, but leave for some reason and then later return. Some come back to the tradition from whence they came, but some switch streams.
Some who grow up in more liturgical churches, as they come back migrate to something out of the bible church tradition... where the "formality" is taken out of the proceedings themselves and placed on the preaching act. I imagine for them this feels more "grounding" as well as "deepening" (in terms of their connection/understanding of the Bible).
Some who grow up in more bible church kinds of places, as they come back migrate to something in the liturgical church tradition, where the formality is taken out of the preaching act and spread throughout the whole proceeding. I imagine for them this feels "freeing" and well as "deepening" (in terms of their connection/understanding of the Church and its history).
I love that the emerging church comes along and connects these things, but also that there are good expressions of the emerging church which clearly lean towards one or the other.
I really, really enjoyed the gathering at COTA. There are many things which connect us- a "sensibility" if you will... a look and feel and smell. Same type of people, same love of God. Same candles :) They exist in their own space, so their art is bigger (I couldn't fit those huge icons in my mazda!)... but I love that while it might normally be very difficult for someone who loves the liturgical church to attend a more bible church service and vice versa, the emerging church serves as a bit of a translator, a passport.
I hope that makes sense...
Bu it was different as well... I think one thing the liturgical nature of things does is erect a bit of a "fourth wall". I felt that a little at COTA, though it was a small, intimate space. Our complete lack of fourth wall is probably the main reason why I think it would be difficult to make drama work at evergreen. We could watch it on the screen, but not in the room... but that's another discussion :)
Anyway, it was really cool to be there, to hear their use of ambient music throughout, to walk through the liturgy and see it done well and engagingly, to take communion with brothers and sisters from another community, to hear the word of God read, paraphrased, sung, remixed...
It's really good for me to get to other "emergent" gatherings like this. Gets the creative juices flowing :)
hippie and beatnik? ... more later.
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