A Radical Church that Isn't

What does church look like? That's a question that's been asked for, oh, 2,000 years or so. And we've seen some pretty cool, and some pretty horrific answers. Now they're naming an entire movement out of the question. I want to offer all sorts of caveats and preamble before the following statement, but I won't: I love it!

The emerging church is a movement (or conversation) that been happening for the last decade-and-a-half, and it's entire reason for existing is trying to get the church to ask itself hard questions. I mean, they shouldn't be hard. They should be easy, at everyone's fingertips, given eagerly and candidly at every opportunity. But somehow it remains challenging, even for a social critic like me.