The Log In Our Own Eye...

This is an old quote, from WA-AAY back in ancient history (2003), from Brian McLaren, one of the "guru's" of pomergent:

"Let's talk about the term postmodern. Nearly everybody is sick of it. And no wonder, since it is used in a jillion different ways. … Another reason for widespread fatigue with the term postmodern: people like me who talk about the subject too often indulge in facile dualisms. This is so modern, we say with self-impressed arrogance, and that is so postmodern. Such facile contrast is not only annoying, but stupid. … I'd rather be a humble modern than a snobbish postmodern any day. Better yet, I'd rather be a humble Christian seeking to do God's will in our fast-changing world in harmony and collaboration with all God's people (whatever their taste in eras)."

(Also interesting in the original article is that it points out just two of many ways that "postmodernism" is viewed in Christian circles).

Ironic, isn't it? That self-described "postmodern" people (who technically are against what Derrida called "binary oppositions" as evidence of hierarchical power plays) can indulge themselves in defining everything as "modern" or "postmodern", with the assumption that postmodern is good and modern is evil?

Key thought? Stay humble. Listen more. Speak less (quickly).