Comments on: Deep Church: A Third Way Beyond Emerging and Traditional, by Jim Belcher http://paul.dubuc.org/2010/07/25/deep-church-a-third-way-beyond-emerging-and-traditional-by-jim-belcher/ Welcome friends, family and other interested persons! Sun, 20 May 2012 10:39:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Ben Simpson http://paul.dubuc.org/2010/07/25/deep-church-a-third-way-beyond-emerging-and-traditional-by-jim-belcher/#comment-5254 Ben Simpson Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:58:43 +0000 http://paul.dubuc.org/2010/07/25/deep-church-a-third-way-beyond-emerging-and-traditional-by-jim-belcher/#comment-5254 Paul: I know I'm late to the party, but thanks for the link. Deep Church was a critical read for me, in that it helped me better articulate my understandings of what the "emerging church" might be, as well as provide some of the tools needed to critique some of the theological strains present in that conversation/movement/community. Blessings to you and yours. Paul:

I know I’m late to the party, but thanks for the link. Deep Church was a critical read for me, in that it helped me better articulate my understandings of what the “emerging church” might be, as well as provide some of the tools needed to critique some of the theological strains present in that conversation/movement/community.

Blessings to you and yours.

]]> By: Paul Dubuc http://paul.dubuc.org/2010/07/25/deep-church-a-third-way-beyond-emerging-and-traditional-by-jim-belcher/#comment-5227 Paul Dubuc Sat, 21 Aug 2010 16:54:48 +0000 http://paul.dubuc.org/2010/07/25/deep-church-a-third-way-beyond-emerging-and-traditional-by-jim-belcher/#comment-5227 Hi David, Thanks for your comments. I think your observations are pretty accurate. The thing I like about Belcher's book is that he seems to understand this process and is trying to get the greatest benefit from it that he can without "taking sides" and contributing to the animosity generated by the conflict. His is a sensitive, thoughtful and potentially healing approach, I think. By the way, the term "deep church" is borrowed from C. S. Lewis. It was another term he used for what he called "mere Christianity." Hi David,

Thanks for your comments. I think your observations are pretty accurate. The thing I like about Belcher’s book is that he seems to understand this process and is trying to get the greatest benefit from it that he can without “taking sides” and contributing to the animosity generated by the conflict. His is a sensitive, thoughtful and potentially healing approach, I think.

By the way, the term “deep church” is borrowed from C. S. Lewis. It was another term he used for what he called “mere Christianity.”

]]> By: David Henne http://paul.dubuc.org/2010/07/25/deep-church-a-third-way-beyond-emerging-and-traditional-by-jim-belcher/#comment-5226 David Henne Sat, 21 Aug 2010 15:44:46 +0000 http://paul.dubuc.org/2010/07/25/deep-church-a-third-way-beyond-emerging-and-traditional-by-jim-belcher/#comment-5226 Hi, Paul. My view of the emergent church is that the church has been emerging for 2000 years. The next generation is always emerging from the previous one in all walks of life. Our predecessors leave us imperfect ways of dealing with life, we see the errors of emphasizing one thing or another to the detriment of other things they have overlooked, we vow to correct their imbalances, then we leave our own to the next generation. In the process we put labels on what we have been left--favorable ones (such as "evangelical") if we like it and unfavorable ones (such as "rational") if we don't--and dream up fresh ones for the brilliant solutions we offer (such as "deep"). And so goes history, until the Messiah reigns. David Hi, Paul. My view of the emergent church is that the church has been emerging for 2000 years. The next generation is always emerging from the previous one in all walks of life. Our predecessors leave us imperfect ways of dealing with life, we see the errors of emphasizing one thing or another to the detriment of other things they have overlooked, we vow to correct their imbalances, then we leave our own to the next generation. In the process we put labels on what we have been left–favorable ones (such as “evangelical”) if we like it and unfavorable ones (such as “rational”) if we don’t–and dream up fresh ones for the brilliant solutions we offer (such as “deep”). And so goes history, until the Messiah reigns. David

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