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Inmates Running the Asylum…

November 15th, 2006 · 7 Comments · 36 views

First, Ted Haggard did his thing.

Then, Mark Driscoll in yet another moment of sheer blogging brillance (tongue in cheek) wrote his thing.

Which (understandably so) upset some people like this.

Which led to an open letter like this.

At this point - you figure there is a chance for at least a dialogue and perhaps some closure but then this hits the blogosphere. A protest of Driscoll at his church.

I can only imagine the evening news in Seattle on December 3rd starting like this…

“From the ‘tell me again what we are protesting about’ Department…”

Andrew “TSK” Jones has an absolutely hilarious post on it. The Kiwi in comments here and there also spouts out profound wisdom that both sides would do well to follow. (No link - why? I’m fat, tired, and lazy.)

1. A boycott does more damage than good.
2. Seek to solve it at the lowest level of conflict possible - which at this point seems to be a few exits behind us.

As a youth pastor this whole scene feels pulled right out of a middle school lock-in. He said…then she said…then he didn’t do this …so she is going to do this…and then the friends show up and we are all in a circle at the bikeracks talking about each other’s mom.

This will be …interesting? morbid? to watch. I feel like I’m watching a train wreck in slow motion.

UPDATE: Mark responds with this.

Here’s my hunch - it was well written but it won’t be enough for some.

Tags: church & emergent musings · leadership

7 responses so far ↓

  • 1 clay // Nov 15, 2006 at 1:14 pm

    i think after this post there should be a limit on the number of links you can put in one post.

  • 2 loren k // Nov 15, 2006 at 1:20 pm

    hmmmm….

  • 3 raydog // Nov 15, 2006 at 4:50 pm

    So, we get to heaven and Jesus asks us,
    “Egalitarian or Complimentarian?” “Fundamentalist or inclusionist” “Pro Mark or Pro Grant”
    “Single, Double or Sacrifice Fly”
    Thankfully, none of those are the questions …

  • 4 Grant // Nov 15, 2006 at 4:51 pm

    that would be my wonderful senior pastor…

    I have absolutely nothing to say in response….

  • 5 raydog // Nov 15, 2006 at 4:53 pm

    G- noticed your post time - your job description only calls for five minutes of blogging a day - you owe me lunch at least for all of this bloviating.
    …your SENIOR Pastor

  • 6 Grant // Nov 15, 2006 at 4:57 pm

    bloviating???? I don’t even know what that word means??

    I’ll buy you lunch tomorrow. (the free one at PEPC.)

  • 7 greg // Nov 17, 2006 at 5:47 am

    http://theresurgence.com/md_blog_2006-11-16_thank_you_critics“>http://theresurgence.com/md_blog_2006-11-16_thank_you_critics

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