Someone has suggested that I sound put out by the comments Mike has made about my comments that he made. Irony doesn't work...or was it even ironic. Dunno.
Didn't mean it to come across this way. I meant it to be conciliatory. Proves my point doesn't it - human beings were never meant to be part of the Borg that is internet conversation. Human beings were meant to have conversations in the flesh over a pint of beer or a glass of the finest red!
Sorry if I have hurt people by the crass comments I have made. I want to seek the truth together - not wind everyone up!
Sorry to the guys in the Wirral too whose Purpose Driven work has been trashed by what I've said. I really want to celebrate what God is doing all over the place NOT suggest that I or any one person has all the answers. The answers will always be pluriform. Missional DNA is working so bloody well in so many places. Emergent is working in so many places so well. Purpose driven processes are working so well. I want to celebrate the diversity of God's mission not make every one where the same uniform and always do it THIS way.
Sometimes I end up saying 'a plague on all your houses' where really the gospel demands that I say 'a blessing on a thousand hills'. Grace...more please, Lord.
Pete
Now I'm with you!
Posted by: Andrew Hamilton | October 25, 2004 at 03:12 PM