2.01.2005
My first hope is that the usual suspects of names and topics gets expanded so wide that it serves as model for what the Kingdom of God actually looks like - that emergence actually emerges, from the grassroots up and out, engaging the Catholic nuns who have been fighting this battle since before Doug Pagitt knew how to even pronounce yoga; engaging all of North America, recognizing that Canada is not a bunch of pot-smoking hockey lovers and that Mexico is a life force (from church to culture to economics) that must infuse all that we do; engaging women of all backgrounds, men of all theological stripes, people of all generations and choices in partners or Bible translation or operating system or vocational pursuit. The beginning of the middle can not be the usual suspects.- Bob Carlton