emerging mosaic

crazy ivan is on the roll again. after sparing Jamaica (my native land) the full force of its eye passing directing over the capital Kingston.

thank god for new mercies. my mother’s house got through with just some roof leaks. most of my friends i’ve heard from also came through with only minimum damage.

ivan is being just as crazy/peculiar with his track towards the gulf coast.

still praying for all those in his path and those who suffered loss.

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after checking out dj chuang’s blog i’ve decided to migrate this blog to new blog tool called b2evolution. I’ll be posting in both places until the transition is complete. please post comments on the new blog. The archives will remain online with a link from the new blog. one day back and already cha cha cha changes

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Rudy carraso recently asked this question on his blog. is the emerging church racist? his answer was no i want to add a qualifier to the question is the emerging church intentionally racist? my answer. no it is not intentionally racist but I think it is racist. by placing racial reconciliation and the evil of racial oppression in our world, so far down the totem pole of things that are important to address the emerging church is operating out of the same place of power and control that the moderns do.

so often it seems the emergent conversation has just becomes another in the latest philosophical and intellectual discussions driven and led by white males with very little perspective or interest in the perspective of people of color.

this makes me sad because there is so much of the emerging church that i resonate with and I think is shared by many people of color. but somewhere along the line all the “openness” of the emerging church folks seems to have degraded into the openness to the issues those who are driving the conversation think is important. as one commenter said over at carraso’ urban onramps “the reconciliation and ethnic diversity conversation can be too energy-consuming and overwhelming”

but if walking the talk and living more like Jesus is what the emerging church is all about; how can we not put our energy into the things like racial reconciliation, poverty and diversity that seems so important to Jesus. is that just a convenient excuse. was Jesus more concerned about worship style than freeing the captive and releasing the oppressed?

well there i got this off my chest. now its your turn holler back!

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i’m back i couldn’t help myself.

several (surprising ) e mails from people saying they missed the blog, an invite from jen lemen to join her group blog on brian mclaren’s latest book a generous orthodoxy and finally rudy carraso’s post on his blog titled is the emerging church racist? have drawn me back into the world of blog.

its not that i didn’t want to blog, but church planting is time intensive. i felt like i was doing a lot of blogging talking about stuff and not doing it. my son’s diagnosis with a kidney disease back in April sealed it. it was time for a break to take care of more important business.

my son is doing better and things haven’t eased much on the church planting side but it feels like the right time to jump into the water again

anyone want to join me for synchronized cannon balling (the latest candidate for an Olympic event) just step up to the edge of the pool.

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