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Discussion of Adbuster's Article, "Hipster: The Dead End of Western Civilization
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Samuel Wood Jun 17.
...where are we going again?
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for any "lost generation", the place to "get found" is in the faith. The implication for the church is that since this generation has pretty much rejected anything that the two immediate prior generations embraced.... there is truly no better time...
this last paragraph is haunting,
"We are a lost generation, desperately clinging to anything that feels real, but too afraid to become it ourselves. We are a defeated generation, resigned to the hypocrisy of those before us, who once sang songs o...
This article is about a year old. I have read and re-read it for the past year and have been chewing on it for a while. It is a strong critique of Hipsterdom that should not be ignored, as many "emerging churches" can rightly be called hipster c...
Is there a place to camp nearby?
Columbus Huddle at Jacob's Porch
August 11, 2009 at 6pm to August 14, 2009 at 12pm
We invite all friends and neighbors of the Lutheran emerging church conversation to come together for worship, prayer, listening, wondering, comfort, support and consolation to Columbus OH at Jacob's Porch from August 11-14.
The days will begin a...
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- At 5:12pm on March 10, 2009,
Justin Rimbo said…
- Hey Benjamin!
Sorry for the late reply - I just found your comment. Weird like that.
Anyway, I'll be totally honest that I'm not sure I do remember you, but Michigan is a big place, and you look familiar. Where would we know each other from? Gathering? Camp? Other stuff? Refresh my memory.
But welcome to MN - it's a weird place for someone that's longing for emergence within the church. Lots of established churches, lots of people doing church for a lot of different reasons. Anyway.
- At 9:05am on December 17, 2008,
Mark Roger Olson said… - Yo.
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- Grosse Ile, Michigan
- About Me:
- Sinner.Saint.Guy.Seminary Intern.Runner.Kayaker.Canoer.Cross Country Skier. Learner.Newfound Dog Owner.Disciple.Wannabehunter.
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- AIM: Benjaminroughy
- Who am I? (Many ways to answer this -- be as creative as you want, or not.)
- I am not sure of this myself at the moment but I will try. I am a 27 year old seminary intern. I study at Wartburg Seminary and spent a stint at the Augustana Hochschule in Neuendettelsau, Germany. I am working so that one day I can server as a Pastor. I am also bad at blurbs like this so if you are interested just ask me.
- How did I get into "emerging ministry"?
- Classes with a certain Nate Frambach, visit to COTA in Seattle. Seeing the Church ghost towns in Germany.
- Say a little bit about the community you share life with...
- I am on an internship in Northern Minnesota. I spend half of my time with Hope, Lutheran, a large enigmatic church of young families and a boat load of retirees. It is a Lutheran congregation that is growing and trying to find an identiy as a large program sized church in a community that is small and has "small town values" (good ones not the Sarah Palin type). My other half and where most of my heart (and at times wonder and frustration), is St. John's Episcopal, a small mission church that is over 100 years old in Onigum, an old Ojibwe community on the Leech Lake Reservation. The comminity is populated by many impoverished Native Americans, and many Rich Anglo retirees who built their retirement manors on the water.
- What are the most pressing questions (both theological and practical) you and your community have?
- The emerging church is coming out of the post whateverism of our current culture. How does my context which is a maelstrom of traditional/broken traditional/ Christian/ Native/ Broken/ and so many more that define modern reservation life find meaning in an emerging understanding of church?
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