Monday night’s Nightline (that’s the brand new Nightline, minus Ted Koppel) settled down in Minneapolis for a full six minutes [video] to discuss a new breed of churches that have taken root in the Uptown area. As part of the “Emergent Church” movement, Spirit Garage (Lyndale & Franklin) and Bluer (26th & Blaisdell) use a combination of kitch, jam band culture, and new technology (including podcasts) to get young people more involved in religious ceremony. Many of the faces in the Nightline story look like familiar Uptowners — do we have any followers in our midst?
New Blood Of Christ In Old Bottles
Jan 16 2006 — 2:00am
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9:28 pm
I’ve got a friend who attends Spirit Garage.
11:23 pm
LOL bluer
12:53 am
I’m not living in MN right now (but am moving back in a few months) and, though I’m a Methodist (and marrying a Methodist Pastor) I have subscribed to the Bluer podcast. I listen to it to sort of take the theological temperature of Minneapolis Emergents.
Honestly, though, in the four months I’ve been a subscriber I’ve only listened twice.
12:56 am
Just watched the linked video. “Collision course?” Whatever. “I need a reason to pretend this is news” is what I heard.
11:58 am
didn’t the linden hills / powderhorn / uptown / now moving to kingfield Solomon’s Porch start the whole emergent thing?
10:58 pm
I’ve been to Solomon’s Porch and Bluer. The pastor at Solomon’s Porch seems really focused on keeping everything “horizontal,” or seeking truth by valuing everyone’s interpretation of the Bible, rather than handing down “truth,” or the proper interpretation of the Bible from the top of the religious food chain. They seem to focus a lot on building a community, with small groups and weekly potluck meals. I go somewhere else now, but I have a lot of respect for what they and other “emergents” are trying to do.