Comments on: Senior Project, Dogsitting, Schaeffer

By: Jai

Jai — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

Again, I should be sleeping but I’m here… So far as this statement - I�m afraid that unless we start using the technology to its potential, no one is going to hear us., my dear friend, I am trying to do that… but nobody is listening to what I write (at least not that I am aware of…), so does it matter?

I want it to matter…

Again, I hope to see you later today! I miss the real Kenny(tm) and all his charming idiocincracies (or in simpler terms, those funny things you do with pens and the big “W” you do with your hands…)

Yeah… good night dude!

By: Pez

Pez — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

Jai,

Your blog may not (yet) be linked to by popluar voices of the counterculture, but I have a subtle feeling that you and the word being fleshed out in your life do indeed matter. Five years from now, we may ask the handful of teens, whom you have committed to being with on Tuesdays if God’s concern for their lives–fleshed out in you(word becoming flesh) mattered at all. We could also ask the author of this comment if the fact that you care about people more than your computer or financial status matters…he would most definately say that it does.

By: Ken Walker

Ken Walker — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

Hi Jai. Pez is right. I continue to wrestle with whether or not the counterculture movement substantively means anything. Do I find the ideas in Antithesis or Schaeffer or TheOoze exciting? Sure. Are my wife and I excited to have been worshiping in an “emergent” church lately? Extremely. Do I think that wrestling with the ideas of our culture are important? Yes.

But when I approach the Scriptures, I invariably find that personal relationships are the basis of the church. Caring about other people is critical—Jesus lived his life compassionately caring for the needs of people, no matter what their walk of life. This is critical. Despite the impressive ideas of our generation, it’s all going to be “clanging symbols” unless we love and care for each other.

Jode once told me to “love other people—the culture will take care of itself.” The counterculture movement provides for some interesting conversation, but the imperative to take a risk, get out there, and care about people is the essence of the Gospel.

That being said, if you want some tips for trolling for links, let me know. It would make good blog fodder.

By: Jai

Jai — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

What’s an “emergent” church? i never heard of that before…

By: Jai

Jai — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

^Pez^, thanks for the encouragement. That article on “Good eye vs. Bad eye” is great! I think we need to hang out with *The Real Kenny*(tm) before you move to NYC (if you have the time , of course :)).

By: Pez

Pez — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:00:00 +0000

Jai/Ken,

I think our wives will be busy on Wednesday night…