Comments on: The Conversations of Our Times: Part One http://billeasum.com/20080822/the-conversations-of-our-time/ The unmotivated are oblivious to the obvious Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:46:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.3 By: Life in the Way » Blog Archive » The Conversations of Our Times http://billeasum.com/20080822/the-conversations-of-our-time/#comment-975 Life in the Way » Blog Archive » The Conversations of Our Times Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:09:19 +0000 http://billeasum.com/20080822/the-conversations-of-our-time/#comment-975 [...] The Conversations of Our Times at Bill Easum’s blog is a great expose of the different dialogs in Christianity today. Check it out. Many who follow my writing know that two of my favorite metaphors for describing the signs of the times are National Park and Jungle (you might want to read this before reading on). Briefly what I mean by this is that prior to the 1980s we lived in what I describe as a National Park world. If you let your imagination run wild with this metaphor you will conjure up many images about the world that was, but for now just think of the world prior to 1980 as a tame, either/or world that played by a set of well known rules. Now change mindsets and think about the world since 1990 as a jungle and let you imagination run wild as you compare the two metaphors, but for now think of the emerging world as a wild and unsafe place of both/and that has no established rules other than the law of the jungle- survival… [...] […] The Conversations of Our Times at Bill Easum’s blog is a great expose of the different dialogs in Christianity today. Check it out. Many who follow my writing know that two of my favorite metaphors for describing the signs of the times are National Park and Jungle (you might want to read this before reading on). Briefly what I mean by this is that prior to the 1980s we lived in what I describe as a National Park world. If you let your imagination run wild with this metaphor you will conjure up many images about the world that was, but for now just think of the world prior to 1980 as a tame, either/or world that played by a set of well known rules. Now change mindsets and think about the world since 1990 as a jungle and let you imagination run wild as you compare the two metaphors, but for now think of the emerging world as a wild and unsafe place of both/and that has no established rules other than the law of the jungle- survival… […]

]]> By: easum http://billeasum.com/20080822/the-conversations-of-our-time/#comment-952 easum Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:40:00 +0000 http://billeasum.com/20080822/the-conversations-of-our-time/#comment-952 Phil, I havent said it directly yet, but all of them will be players in the future church. the future wont be monolithic as was modernity Phil, I havent said it directly yet, but all of them will be players in the future church. the future wont be monolithic as was modernity

]]> By: phill http://billeasum.com/20080822/the-conversations-of-our-time/#comment-949 phill Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:34:02 +0000 http://billeasum.com/20080822/the-conversations-of-our-time/#comment-949 Hey Bill: You may have said it and not sure...but which one of these things do you see as the future of the church... Hey Bill:

You may have said it and not sure…but which one of these things do you see as the future of the church…

]]> By: easum http://billeasum.com/20080822/the-conversations-of-our-time/#comment-938 easum Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:31:09 +0000 http://billeasum.com/20080822/the-conversations-of-our-time/#comment-938 Friedman's Fables is one of my all time favorites. I love the one about the bottom feeder. Anyway, I dont see the correlation between these conversations and the symptoms of disease in society. Can you be more specific Friedman’s Fables is one of my all time favorites. I love the one about the bottom feeder. Anyway, I dont see the correlation between these conversations and the symptoms of disease in society. Can you be more specific

]]> By: Rebecca Maccini http://billeasum.com/20080822/the-conversations-of-our-time/#comment-937 Rebecca Maccini Mon, 01 Sep 2008 13:22:28 +0000 http://billeasum.com/20080822/the-conversations-of-our-time/#comment-937 Reading about these various movements made me recall in the unpublished manuscript of Ed Friedman's "Failure of Nerve" all the combinations of symptoms, problems, and issues that therapists deal with. If we think about and focus upon all of these various movements, are we not just dealing with 'symptoms' of the dis-ease that is going on in society? Reading about these various movements made me recall in the unpublished manuscript of Ed Friedman’s “Failure of Nerve” all the combinations of symptoms, problems, and issues that therapists deal with. If we think about and focus upon all of these various movements, are we not just dealing with ’symptoms’ of the dis-ease that is going on in society?

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