PoMo PoMo PoMo One Mo Time

I've told you that I'm all "emergent"-ed out. I've read pretty much all I'm going to read on "postmodernism" after I finish this last one: "The Church in Emerging Culture. Five Perspectives." Leonard Sweet is the general editor. Truth be told, it's difficult to read it...I'm so tired of the buzzwords and such.

Anyway, here's a provocative quote, and if the political blog a week back got you stirred up, I wonder what this will do.

It's from Michael Horton's essay:

"Postmodernism--or whatever one wishes to designate our brief moment in history--is the culture in which Sesame Street is considered educational; sexy is the term of approbation for everything from jeans to doctoral theses; watching sitcoms together at dinner is called family time; abortion is considered a choice; films sell products; and a barrage of images and sound bites selected for their entertainment and commercial value is called news. This general trend in culture translates into hipper-than-thou clubs passing for youth mininstry, informal chats posing as sermons, and brazen marketing passing for evangelism, where busyness equals holiness, and expository preaching is considered too intellectual. This trend can account in part for homes in which disciplined habits both of domestic culture and instruction in Christian faith and practice give way to niche marketing and churches becoming theatres of the absurd.

If the image of modernity is the crusty tyrant, wrinkled with the fatigue of old age and faded dreams, the postmodern visage is that of a child who refuses to grow up and accept the challenges as well as the opportunities of wisdom, truth, righteousness, and responsibilities, in addition to having a good time."

Have at it, readers.
Have at it.