The Ancient Future

Over the last several days, my writing efforts have been directed towards a book that I am writing dealing with the actions of the church. I am extremely excited about this endeavor and look forward to learning a lot. Without divulging too much info, the story will be a merge of my story along with the knowledge that is out there. I want a book that is true to itself and doesn't attempt to pretend that there is an unbiased nature to it. Needless to say, I am doing a lot of reading and research and will not have much time to write on this blog.

One of the things that I was researching this morning came about an hour ago from Christianity Today. Apparently Wheaton College is getting ready to unveil a new program geared at the studies of the early church and particularly its roots. The statement that was made that became very interesting, as I am doing research in this area, about how Protestant, Catholic, and Orthodox share a common history and there needs to be a merge of the three to discuss and communicate ideas. The article said that there is a real hunger for roots coming from a lot of students. The program hasn't even started yet and already they have 30 applicants ranging from undergrads to doctorial who have signed up.

This confirms my presupposition with postmoderns. There is a hunger for the ancient. I think that we all desire life that avoids the Modern Era so in our search to reach beyond it, we have started to look behind it which inevitably leads to practices, actions, and thought processes that are pre-modern. I believe that we will start seeing more and more churches finding truth within mystery and sense, which will also lead us to dialoging with our Catholic and Orthodox brothers who have maintained many of their ancient practices. I am excited to see a re-imagining taking place that moves us beyond seeker sensitive and beyond the contemporary model of worship. I hope I have not divulged too much from my book.

Grace and Peace