Interesting news regarding Anne Rice, brought to my attention by Barry Taylor:
“For those who care, and I understand if you don’t: Today I quit being a Christian. I’m out. I remain committed to Christ as always but not to being “Christian” or to being part of Christianity. It’s simply impossible for me to ‘belong’ to this quarrelsome, hostile, disputatious, and deservedly infamous group. For ten …years, I’ve tried. I’ve failed. I’m an outsider. My conscience will allow nothing else. As I said below, I quit being a Christian. I’m out. In the name of Christ, I refuse to be anti-gay. I refuse to be anti-feminist. I refuse to be anti-artificial birth control. I refuse to be anti-Democrat. I refuse to be anti-secular humanism. I refuse to be anti-science. I refuse to be anti-life. In the name of …Christ, I quit Christianity and being Christian. Amen.”
[a little more at CNN]
Two more posts worth reading regarding the “institutional retreat” discussion Kester Brewin started yesterday:
Has What Emerged Retreated? - Kester Brewin
Romantic Tosh - Jonny Baker
I’m still thinking it through - good points all around. Perhaps I’ll put together my own response in the next couple days.
I’d love to hear what Pete Rollins has to say about this…
Two interesting posts by Kester Brewin about emerging church in the UK:
Nothing Going on in the UK Church?
Has What Emerged Retreated?
These posts are especially interesting to me as VOID attempts to create a space beyond the institution.
Also, in regards to the US, unfortunately there are not many churches I find especially creative in the US right now. And it is particularly difficult to find interesting and creative churches that are not fairly institutional/tradition in organization (hopefully I’m just ignorant of the exceptions).
