8.10.2004

the GATHERING and elsewhere: Emerging Church

We agreed that contemporary culture was seeking the following things as part of their spiritual search.

A sense of unity
Shared experience
Participation
Freedom
Being in a large group/community
The display of emotions is acceptable
Truth
"You have to experience it"
A yearning for Eden
Common purpose
Energy
Enjoyment
The importance of experience
Presence / intimacy
Something ethereal
Free will and choice
Its okay to be searching
A suspicion of control
A desire for personal responsibility (you have to find out for yourself)

Interesting thoughts! These ideas were gleaned from several pop culture sources.

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