There is a great deal of sloppy thinking and popular, commercial packaging of partially formed ideas and trends. About three years ago I found myself going back to Ireneaus, the great second century theologian and Bishop of Lyons. Now in retrospect I realize where my intuition was leading me. Ireaneus talks with confidence and enthusiasm of the promise that God doles out revelation only as we are able to receive it and, therefore, God never stops revealing new truth. I feel that same surge of confidence and excitement Ireneaus felt.
Human sin is still sin.
But existing harmonies, existing 'extensions' of time and space, constantly give rise to new 'intentions,' to movements of Spirit to further creative expression, new temporal unraveling of creation ex nihlio , in which human beings most consciously participate. For some boomers and members of Gen X and Gen Y, the postmodern perspective is not an academic topic. Those born after 1945, which is now most of the US population but a shrinking percentage of the Church, are living it daily. Such significant change requires conversation. I invite you to share your perspective with me.