Comments on: I am an "Emergent Village Idiot" http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2008/09/12/i-am-an-emergent-village-idiot/ Random wonderings about God and Life Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:19:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: rupert http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2008/09/12/i-am-an-emergent-village-idiot/#comment-14458 rupert Wed, 08 Oct 2008 23:47:24 +0000 http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2008/09/12/i-am-an-emergent-village-idiot/#comment-14458 <img src="http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/france-07-6-134.JPG" alt="Rupert" WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=75 HSPACE=15 VSPACE=10 ALIGN=RIGHT /> <FONT color=blue> Kelly - thanks for the comment. sorry it has taken a few days to reply - been a little busy! I appreciate the encouragement about my bio ... not easy things to write without sounding a bit your own bum! </FONT> Rupert
Kelly - thanks for the comment. sorry it has taken a few days to reply - been a little busy!
I appreciate the encouragement about my bio … not easy things to write without sounding a bit your own bum!

]]> By: Kelly http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2008/09/12/i-am-an-emergent-village-idiot/#comment-14048 Kelly Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:10:07 +0000 http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2008/09/12/i-am-an-emergent-village-idiot/#comment-14048 Well I stumbled upon your blog, I guess it could have been Peter Kirks's blog? Oh who knows. But one of the first things I read usually after the first post is the about me page. It tells me where they are coming from "sometimes". :lol: I happen to think it is a perfectly fine about me page. Most ppl should be a little humble when writing about themselves, most are not in the blogosphere. I like ya, I am bookmarking ya :). I might even link ya, THEN you will see the weirdos come streaming in :shock: I am also very busy so I have to look up the context of the "emerging church", all I know is that I have been on the "bleeding edge". I am covered in the blood :wink: Well I stumbled upon your blog, I guess it could have been Peter Kirks’s blog? Oh who knows. But one of the first things I read usually after the first post is the about me page. It tells me where they are coming from “sometimes”. :lol:

I happen to think it is a perfectly fine about me page. Most ppl should be a little humble when writing about themselves, most are not in the blogosphere.

I like ya, I am bookmarking ya :). I might even link ya, THEN you will see the weirdos come streaming in :shock:

I am also very busy so I have to look up the context of the “emerging church”, all I know is that I have been on the “bleeding edge”. I am covered in the blood :wink:

]]> By: rupert http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2008/09/12/i-am-an-emergent-village-idiot/#comment-13027 rupert Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:09:16 +0000 http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2008/09/12/i-am-an-emergent-village-idiot/#comment-13027 <img src="http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/france-07-6-134.JPG" alt="Rupert" WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=75 HSPACE=15 VSPACE=10 ALIGN=RIGHT /> <FONT color=blue> hey alastair - can you clarify a little more what you are saying here? Are you saying the church in general has got stuck in old models and needs reforming? therefore emerging is appropriate particularly at the moment? One of the difficulties is that terms change so much, and mean so many differing things. We are talking about missional church, but recognising this is still a work in progress. perhaps emerging missional church is as a good a term as any? we are missional, but seeking to be increasingly so... </FONT> Rupert
hey alastair - can you clarify a little more what you are saying here?
Are you saying the church in general has got stuck in old models and needs reforming? therefore emerging is appropriate particularly at the moment?

One of the difficulties is that terms change so much, and mean so many differing things. We are talking about missional church, but recognising this is still a work in progress. perhaps emerging missional church is as a good a term as any? we are missional, but seeking to be increasingly so…

]]> By: Alastair http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2008/09/12/i-am-an-emergent-village-idiot/#comment-13011 Alastair Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:39:32 +0000 http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2008/09/12/i-am-an-emergent-village-idiot/#comment-13011 I agree that the church should always be emerging, but I think the label is helpful at the moment when so much of the church is simply not "emerging" or "resurging" (the reformed emerging label) or "missional" or whatever. I am hoping that rather like the charismatic movement, which can no longer clearly delineate itself from evangelicalism, the emerging movement will have a positive effect on less-emerging/non-emerging congregations. I agree that the church should always be emerging, but I think the label is helpful at the moment when so much of the church is simply not “emerging” or “resurging” (the reformed emerging label) or “missional” or whatever. I am hoping that rather like the charismatic movement, which can no longer clearly delineate itself from evangelicalism, the emerging movement will have a positive effect on less-emerging/non-emerging congregations.

]]> By: Random Acts of Linkage #78 : Subversive Influence http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2008/09/12/i-am-an-emergent-village-idiot/#comment-12856 Random Acts of Linkage #78 : Subversive Influence Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:21:02 +0000 http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2008/09/12/i-am-an-emergent-village-idiot/#comment-12856 [...] a village without an idiot? Looks like Emergent Village has an idiot now. They’re a real [...] [...] a village without an idiot? Looks like Emergent Village has an idiot now. They’re a real [...]

]]> By: rupert http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2008/09/12/i-am-an-emergent-village-idiot/#comment-12805 rupert Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:41:00 +0000 http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2008/09/12/i-am-an-emergent-village-idiot/#comment-12805 <img src="http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/france-07-6-134.JPG" alt="Rupert" WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=75 HSPACE=15 VSPACE=10 ALIGN=RIGHT /> <FONT color=blue> Steve - thanks for that invitation! Give them something to properly critique! :lol: </FONT> Rupert
Steve - thanks for that invitation! Give them something to properly critique! :lol:

]]> By: Steve K. http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2008/09/12/i-am-an-emergent-village-idiot/#comment-12803 Steve K. Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:24:46 +0000 http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2008/09/12/i-am-an-emergent-village-idiot/#comment-12803 Rupert, I just wanted you to know that you're welcome to write for the Emergent Village blog anytime! :wink: Shalom, Steve K. Rupert,

I just wanted you to know that you’re welcome to write for the Emergent Village blog anytime!

:wink:

Shalom,
Steve K.

]]> By: rupert http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2008/09/12/i-am-an-emergent-village-idiot/#comment-12696 rupert Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:50:57 +0000 http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2008/09/12/i-am-an-emergent-village-idiot/#comment-12696 <img src="http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/france-07-6-134.JPG" alt="Rupert" WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=75 HSPACE=15 VSPACE=10 ALIGN=RIGHT /> <FONT color=blue> I guess the other option in the blog world is that, if no-one is offended, then it might be that no-one is reading!! The funny thing about the critique is that i have no real feelings about Emergent Village ... i like some of the individuals, and i really agree with you about McKnight. But the organization isn't important to me at all. I am also not sure that i really like the label emerging church either. In one sense, i think church needs to be continually reforming and changing, contextualizing the good news into a changing cultural environments. So the church should always be emerging! Hey ho... Thanks for leaving a comment alastair. </FONT> Rupert
I guess the other option in the blog world is that, if no-one is offended, then it might be that no-one is reading!!

The funny thing about the critique is that i have no real feelings about Emergent Village … i like some of the individuals, and i really agree with you about McKnight. But the organization isn’t important to me at all.

I am also not sure that i really like the label emerging church either. In one sense, i think church needs to be continually reforming and changing, contextualizing the good news into a changing cultural environments. So the church should always be emerging!

Hey ho… Thanks for leaving a comment alastair.

]]> By: Alastair http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2008/09/12/i-am-an-emergent-village-idiot/#comment-12691 Alastair Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:40:35 +0000 http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2008/09/12/i-am-an-emergent-village-idiot/#comment-12691 Amusing post...it is funny when someone who doesn't know you blasts you on a blog, and then someone else steps in to defend you :-) My own policy is, if you are not offending anyone, you are probably not walking in the truth! Also, I didn't realise that McKnight was associated with the Emergent Village. Funny, because I am big fan of him, whilst others in the "village" much less so. I guess it shows how many different "positions" the village encompases. Amusing post…it is funny when someone who doesn’t know you blasts you on a blog, and then someone else steps in to defend you :-) My own policy is, if you are not offending anyone, you are probably not walking in the truth!

Also, I didn’t realise that McKnight was associated with the Emergent Village. Funny, because I am big fan of him, whilst others in the “village” much less so. I guess it shows how many different “positions” the village encompases.

]]> By: rupert http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2008/09/12/i-am-an-emergent-village-idiot/#comment-12094 rupert Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:35:43 +0000 http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2008/09/12/i-am-an-emergent-village-idiot/#comment-12094 <img src="http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/france-07-6-134.JPG" alt="Rupert" WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=75 HSPACE=15 VSPACE=10 ALIGN=RIGHT /> <FONT color=blue> Ha ha Mr. Matthew :lol: ... It is funny, isn't it! I must be such a big name in the Emerging church world ... Ha Ha Ha! </FONT> Rupert
Ha ha Mr. Matthew :lol: …
It is funny, isn’t it!
I must be such a big name in the Emerging church world … Ha Ha Ha!

]]> By: Matthew http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2008/09/12/i-am-an-emergent-village-idiot/#comment-12093 Matthew Sun, 14 Sep 2008 16:08:29 +0000 http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2008/09/12/i-am-an-emergent-village-idiot/#comment-12093 That's hilarious. And uncanny.....they seem to know you so well! That’s hilarious. And uncanny…..they seem to know you so well!

]]> By: rupert http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2008/09/12/i-am-an-emergent-village-idiot/#comment-11881 rupert Sat, 13 Sep 2008 09:36:21 +0000 http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2008/09/12/i-am-an-emergent-village-idiot/#comment-11881 <img src="http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/france-07-6-134.JPG" alt="Rupert" WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=75 HSPACE=15 VSPACE=10 ALIGN=RIGHT /> <FONT color=blue> Thanks for the comment Paul ... i am definately the hunky one! As for my global voice, it is pretty non-existent! But yours ... come to think of it, why didn't they pick you...? :???: </FONT> Rupert
Thanks for the comment Paul … i am definately the hunky one!
As for my global voice, it is pretty non-existent! But yours … come to think of it, why didn’t they pick you…? :???:

]]> By: Paul http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2008/09/12/i-am-an-emergent-village-idiot/#comment-11879 Paul Sat, 13 Sep 2008 07:44:40 +0000 http://rupertward.cce.uk.net/2008/09/12/i-am-an-emergent-village-idiot/#comment-11879 so that's which member of the village peope you are :lol: clearly your global voice is a lot more significant than you thought :!: so that’s which member of the village peope you are :lol:

clearly your global voice is a lot more significant than you thought :!:

]]>