Wednesday, May 01, 2002
I find this hard to believe, but in my current ministry direction, I may be poised to have a profound impact on the future of my denomination. My first response to hearing this statement from the one who told me was that I'm not all that concerned about changing my denomination. I'd rather change my culture. However, there is a certain part of me that says that if I could help in the process of change, the world would benefit from it.
It's clear to me that the term "Mosaic" as a generational brand is dangerous and inaccurate. It's dangerous because it's not really being used by members of the generation - but by those in a modern mindset. The whole mentality postmodernism resists the broad naming of a people group, regardless of who they are. I don't think postmodernism is all that grand a distinction, but given that it describes a thought process and not a people or a generation, I think it's the best I've heard so far.
The people that sit around and invent names for the coming wave are demonstrating that they are sitting on the beach instead of in the water.
