So.... here we are.
NB. This is not the beginning of my assessable blog. Nice try, Steve.
So here I am, a 21year old BTh student with aspirations of academic grandeur. Passionate about history (majoring in it, actually), yet thrilled at the opportunities of the present.... this whole post-modernity gig excites me! I am happy to dedicate my life to studying and advancing the good things it represents, if I get the opportunity.
Anyway, I trust you're enjoying gaining a new appreciation for the word of God as I am already through this course.
Lotsa love!
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Hey Josh, as a fellow historian I am interested to see what historical insights you make on the subject. Do you reckon the mystics could be seen as post-moderns of their times?
When are you getting round to the the assessable blog, I am curious to read it?
Don
Dear Josh,
Yes, we were discussing how to reach your generation. You belong inside it. I come from outside. I am surprised that your imporessions were not more different from mine as a result of this. I suspect your faith in the truth of scripture was largely responsible for this. You have to win the trust of older people because you are young and are trying to do things differently. I am older and have to win the trust of my generation because I am not doing what they expect, as well as the trust of GenYers because I am "old". Both of us have a dilemma, but it is a good one, becasue we are seeking to be relevant to today's generation. Many of the older people will be surprised and come to appreciate what we are doing when they find they are empowered and their faith becomwes more relevant to everyday life. So it is win-win, provided we do it wisely.
Imagination is a gift og God, but can be used wrongly if we liet it take over. There was so much imagination demonstrated by Steve, but I felt it never twisted scripture. Rather, it opened it up. I have also found so much of our reading helpful in this regard too. There are alomost ooo many to note, but I am going to mention McSpadden for her comment, '"Imagination" as used in this essay articulates that moment when presuppositions, expectations, and worldviews are broken open". I also appreciated Sweet's article for we have moved beyond popoosition to metaphor, and I am appreciating Proverbs in a new way, although they need time to think into, and that is a discipline!
You are right. We need to ponder, meditate, and 'chew our cuds' like cows, as we seek to walkin new ways in our ministry. God bless you Josh. I would love to hear how you get on.
Christine McSpadden, "Preaching Scripture Faithfully in a Postmodern Age." In The Art of Reading Scripture, edited by Ellen F. Davis and Richard B. Hays, 125-142. Grand Rapids MI. Eerdmans 2003
Leonard Sweet, The Metaphor Moment (Part One) National Pastors Convention, http://nationalpastorsconvention.com(2002)/resources/articles/metaphor1.htm
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