I am causing trouble!

I know this will not come as a shock to many. But I am causing trouble in the bloggy world.

What else may surprise you is that I am loving it!

Here's the scoop:

I stumbled onto this blog a few days ago with the posters - I thought they were supporting the emergent church and then I backed up a few pages and left thinking they were produced as satire. Then I was just left with the 'yuck' in my spirit. Again, followers criticizing followers. Again, my theology is right and should be your theology.

Now keep in mind, there is BAD theology and BAD Christian practices.

But I am a follower of Christ who is sick and fed up with the rhetoric and desperately seeking a faith that is full of grace and application of Christ's truths. I left the blog and my distaste for what the theology bashing causes in everyday followers. I am talking about everyday followers being intelligent, hard working individuals who are looking to their church leaders to lead them well. Yet, in my ministry experiences, I have seen and worked with these folks who were truly mistreated by their churches.

I am an adult follower of Christ. I did not grow up in a church. I used to think that meant I was somewhat handicapped or retarded in comparison to other Christians who grew up in the faith, went to church camps and knew hymns (which I love hymns when sung and read with the deep meaning and love they convey). But over the last year, I've been challenged completely the opposite. I feel that I have a clear picture of who Christ is and what he was about. I do not have to sift through wads of rhetoric to understand theological concepts or as I read various theologians, I can see where & why their images of Christ were accurate or skewed a certain direction.

Honestly, it all comes back into alignment with Scripture. Has the piece of Scripture in question been dealt with accurately, thoroughly and whole - listically (i.e. not taken out of context). So what does all that have to do with trouble in the bloggy world? I commented that right now my theological view of Christianity is slanted like this:

“you like Jesus - me too - share with me what you know and I will share with you”.

Which began the post - I heart Jesus

Which left me feeling like that handicapped retarded Christian again and I couldn't swallow the commentary humbly. So I embraced it in my response and thought you would like to see a little piece of bloggy world that isn't just all about sunshine and flowers. Conflict is good, have some!

Comments

[Leigh Ann]

So far you have the last word :) I loved reading all the comments... It makes me sooo crazy when people get so up-itty, it seems we humans thrive on correction... I heart Jesus too... xoxo

[tonia]

I followed you here from everydaymommy to see who you were. :)

The thing about the "I heart Jesus" post that is misleading is this:

"I am a little tired of all the labels in the christian circles and I am down to this:

‘you like Jesus - me too - share with me what you know and I will share with you’

while at the same time never forgetting Jesus is the center of it all and grace makes the thing work."

Your sentence is taken out of context. If you take what you really said, there's not a whole lot to argue about. :)

I don't read "I'm right!" blogs very often...just makes me grumpy. Better to just look for Jesus in our internet brothers and sisters and let the Holy Spirit do the rest of that work.

[Erin]

I love trouble...especially when it doesn't involve me!!!!
You go girl!
PS I heart Jesus, too!!!