In Michael Spencer’s article, A Contrarian Manifesto for the Church Growth Debate, he says, “I don’t care about the Purpose-Driven Church, the Emergent Church, the Seeker Church, The Church-Growth Church or any other trendy moniker. I’m into the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. If baby boomers want their own church, with everything done their way so they don’t have to share with the rest of Christianity, fine. Go have your play date. I’m hanging with the big dogs of Christian history and passing on the hot dogs of American evangelicalism.”

But any criticism cuts both directions. Continue reading “The Purpose-Driven Boomer”

James Ferrenberg, an Eastern Orthodox “sinner and extremist” who writes Paradosis, offers this personal story:

A couple of nights ago while praying over our meal, I flubbed the Lord’s Prayer:

“Give us this day our daily bread, as we forgive those who trespass against us.”

It occurred to me later that I am going to starve.

When she received a touching story via email from her daughter, Elva said:

“You young people with your e-mails! (laughs) I’m elevated and happy that they can send such beautiful things. (laughs) When they talk about e-mails, I don’t understand what they’re talking about. They’re talking Greek to me.”

I recently created a website to share pictures of my grandmother going for a walk, since my relatives live out of state and can’t visit as often as they’d like. I also set up an email address for my grandmother.

The other day my aunt sent Grandma her first email.

Here’s my 93-year-old grandma’s response.