I think one thing we are missing in the Church of God is life. Some of you may have seen some signs in the CHOG where life is dripping away. I struggle with seeing so many who refuse to admit that THIS ISN'T WORKING, they won't admit it, and perhaps they cannot. There is so much to cherish within this movement, but when Golden calves have taken the place of true spirituality, then we need to head down a different path. Check out this entry from an emergent blogger -

Dwight Friesen
"one of the first principles of quantum physics is that "life exists at the edge of Chaos"; real life, abundant life at the very edge of chaos. There is little doubt that emergent may lead to chaos and uncertainty, which we as Christians understand in part as the cross. And so, in a time like ours when Western churches appear to be failing and our structures are facing their own deaths there is an invitation to the edge of chaos. Emergent may be one such invitation."

This is what scares the hell out of church folks. That life as they know it, the life of the church, will no longer exist, once they are dead and gone. Some have reacted in ways that many have in history, by building large pyramids of faith, hoping that those structures will become a wonder of the world. Others have gone on the offensive, trying to root out the "unholy" infidels.

Perhaps we need a Post-Reformation Church of God movement, but instead of rejecting everything like our foremothers and fathers, we celebrate our foot-washing stories "at the edge of Chaos". How do we do that?

Locomotion means - active movement.