Emergent Convention: Ordination Musings
May 20, 2004
Good stuff is happening with Emergent. Good theology is being done & will be done. With Tony Jones being at Princeton and some of the things that are going to be happening there in the next few years, things are exciting. I resonate (yah, I’ll go ahead and use that word) with what is happening with Emergent. [sidenote: Just got back from an evening of a few beers (4), so that needs to be understood for the rest of the post to be understood]
Things are happening with Emergent - things are happening with culture - things are happening with theology - and things are happening with me. Who knows if I will be able to give the “answers” to the Presbytery that they want to hear - I sort of doubt I’ll be able to. I doubt I’ll be able to sign off on the “Essential Tenets and Reformed Distinctives” that they will most likely use as a checklist to figure out whether I’m theologically “sound.”
The more I ponder this issue, the more I wonder…where will I really be in 5-10 years? Will I be an ordained PC(USA) pastor? Will I be post-denominational? Will it even matter…? I don’t know. Right now - [after 4 beers this evening] - I’m not interested AT ALL in trying to fit into a theological cookie-cutter form that my Presbytery may want me to fit into - and I have a feeling that in the morning - after the 4 beers have worn off - I will probably feel the same way. Ahh, the journey…
Tags: Blogging, Emergent, Emergent-Convention, emerging-church, Ordination, PC(USA)
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Adam Walker Cleaveland: 
May 22nd, 2004 at 4:10 am
Adam…Jordo and I and John Sloas have talked about such things. See my blog for some recent posts…that include some dialog with Al Roxburgh and Jonny Baker. I wonder if you’d be interested in exploring a new form of training.
May 22nd, 2004 at 4:12 am
Sorry, don’t know if you’ve kept track of my blog…it’s http://odyssey.blogs.com/odyssey/