It probably means getting down into the valleys and into the mud pits and coming down into the streets. My pastoral training at the University of Chicago years ago was with the Blackstone Rangers. My Clinical Pastoral Education was Saul Alinsky. It made all the difference in the world. Sixth, prophecy in the progressive church does not mean sweeping generalities, but focused identification of the ways and means of moving forward.
Prophets are kind of like new age folk, they channel the energies.
We shouldn't bash new age people. They're tapping into something that's out there. Lots of things are going on. We've got some prophetic work to do up North in focusing energy about specific things that are going on in these times. Finally, number seven, prophecy in a progressive age does not assume that prophets are few.