Join the Emergent Conversation

Begin by learning the language. Here's a helpful glossary to get you started. Some of my favorites:

• Absolutes - A concept we must absolutely avoid.
• Atonement - Theory of divine child abuse that appeals to vampire Christians who want Jesus for his blood
• Authentic - Being one’s real, sinful, doubting self (and proud of it).
• Bible - A book through which subjective enlightenment comes to us as we live in community.
• Conversation - Equally confused people guessing what things might be “true” and guessing what “true” might mean.
• Criticism - 1. Something to which we must be radically open when given by non-Christians. 2. Something to which we must be absolutely closed when given by conservative Christians. 3. Something conservative Christians should accept from us.

These are just a few of the a-b-c's, so grab your half-caf, extra-hot grande (I thought I said "extra hot"... OK?...just bring it to the table) and pull up a chair. Today's topic: authentic missional communities and the urban poor...