No Jargon, Just Jesus

I've just discovered the blog of another Vineyard ecclesiastical anarchist, "What is Church?", which I've added to the list of Journeymates links. While we don't currently attend a Vineyard, I'm still Vineyard at heart and in values, so I'm excited to discover other anarchy-minded Vineyardites who blog.

We keep trying to get down to the South Vineyard here in Winnipeg, but something seems to keep coming up every Sunday evening, which is when they meet. Spiritual warfare or lack of priorities -- you decide.

My good friend and fellow Guinness-imbiber Phogan the Former Intern had one of those off-the-cuff but simultaneously funny and thought-provoking comments the other day. Phogan has been a part of Winnipeg South Vineyard since the 20th century, and when we were talking about the Clan McAlpine perhaps throwing our lot in with the South (while continuing our involvement at our current church), he laughingly observed:

"I hope you don't mind that we don't talk about 'pomo' stuff much -- we're too busy following Jesus and doin' the stuff."

And I thought to myself, wouldn't that be great? A group of Christians so busy with Jesus and doing the words and works of the Kingdom in a house church setting, that there's no time left over for pomo angst and our seemingly unending theological hand-wringing about the state of the church...

We will get down there soon, Phogan, I promise!