My niece, Carrie, sent me this article from the Washington Post.
In addition to experiencing some of this type of spirituality in recent years, I have heard and read about what Robert Webber identifies as ancient future worship. Other writers like Leonard Sweet write, "Our faith is ancient. Our faith is future. We're old-fashioned. We're new-fangled. We're orthodox. We're innovators. We're postmodern Christians." All of this seems to be part of what is now being called emerging worship. For some this may seem to be a disconnect with what they know to be worship. Others find it to be quite transparent as they look at what is happening within their worshipping communities. And, there are others who opine that this is the new Reformation. (Got to use the current pop words!)
It is interesting that today is Reformation Sunday. Wonder what Martin Luther would think of this?
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...interesting article. It would seem the ideas of "acting out" our spirituality meet a universal need to participate in God-events bigger that ourselves. I love the ideas of monastic retreats, Celtic music with the glow of 500 candles, and walking labyrinths...none of which I have experienced, but would welcome.
As in your thoughts about youth ministry from a few days ago, we need to broaden our thinking about what could be instead of limiting our experiences because of the way it's always been done. None of us-- adults or youth--need to participate in church-related activities just to have something to do! Our "doing" has to be connected to our "being" as Christians in a chaotic world. Connecting the things we do to growing our souls, no matter what our age, would seem the better thing. Maybe our youth could benefit, as many of us could, from ancient future worship!
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