Frank Schaeffer: A “Better” Church or a “Different” Church?
Frank Schaffer has a provocatively titled article, “Progressive Christianity is Broken Too,” ( http://www.patheos.com/blogs/frankschaeffer/2013/02/progressive-christianity-is-as-broken-as-evangelicalism-heres-how-to-fix-it/ ). He makes this seemingly global sounding claim: “ The problem with North American Christianity is not the window-dressing– it’s the whole package .” He further claims that without the steps listed below progressive Christianity will simply repeat the errors of the traditional and evangelical church and implode as many of them have. Mystery and open-mindedness when it comes to theological content: uncertainty is good Rediscovery of Eucharistic sacramental tradition when it comes to forms of worship Seeking out the old, the mystical and the monastic as a path to inner stillness Abandoning trying to be “modern” in favor of tapping back into the root and branch of worship Upholding the expanded ever-growin...