Comments on: Laughing at Ourselves http://julieclawson.com/2008/05/27/laughing-at-ourselves/ incantations at the edge of uncertainty Mon, 21 May 2012 01:57:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: sean http://julieclawson.com/2008/05/27/laughing-at-ourselves/comment-page-1/#comment-2939 sean Sat, 07 Jun 2008 09:31:19 +0000 http://julieclawson.com/2008/05/27/laughing-at-ourselves/#comment-2939 well i haven't read the source material, but i would think there is only one logical response to the question "Why did the Emerging Chicken cross the road?" To get away from the modern side. :) sean well i haven't read the source material, but i would think there is only one logical response to the question "Why did the Emerging Chicken cross the road?"
To get away from the modern side.
:)
sean

]]> By: Julie Clawson http://julieclawson.com/2008/05/27/laughing-at-ourselves/comment-page-1/#comment-2914 Julie Clawson Thu, 29 May 2008 17:38:59 +0000 http://julieclawson.com/2008/05/27/laughing-at-ourselves/#comment-2914 :) Oh I thought about it. my brain is just to fried most of the time to get too creative. but maybe... :)
Oh I thought about it. my brain is just to fried most of the time to get too creative. but maybe…

]]> By: Minnowspeaks http://julieclawson.com/2008/05/27/laughing-at-ourselves/comment-page-1/#comment-2912 Minnowspeaks Thu, 29 May 2008 12:21:46 +0000 http://julieclawson.com/2008/05/27/laughing-at-ourselves/#comment-2912 Went back to P&P today and read some of the comments. Two were about "reformed" chickens and I literally laughed out loud. I think one atleast was written by someone who falls in line most of the time with "reformed" theology. Still hoping for your version, Julie. Went back to P&P today and read some of the comments. Two were about "reformed" chickens and I literally laughed out loud. I think one atleast was written by someone who falls in line most of the time with "reformed" theology. Still hoping for your version, Julie.

]]> By: minnowspeaks http://julieclawson.com/2008/05/27/laughing-at-ourselves/comment-page-1/#comment-2909 minnowspeaks Wed, 28 May 2008 21:09:15 +0000 http://julieclawson.com/2008/05/27/laughing-at-ourselves/#comment-2909 If Michael Kruse's post wasn't funny then don't go to Parchment and Pen. I didn't find either funny, particularly offensive, or too enlightened. I'm guessing the emergers could make a better "chicken post" on themselves mostly because they already seem pretty willing to poke fun at themselves. Care to give it a try Julie? If Michael Kruse's post wasn't funny then don't go to Parchment and Pen. I didn't find either funny, particularly offensive, or too enlightened. I'm guessing the emergers could make a better "chicken post" on themselves mostly because they already seem pretty willing to poke fun at themselves. Care to give it a try Julie?

]]> By: Karl http://julieclawson.com/2008/05/27/laughing-at-ourselves/comment-page-1/#comment-2907 Karl Wed, 28 May 2008 16:45:31 +0000 http://julieclawson.com/2008/05/27/laughing-at-ourselves/#comment-2907 Going back to the Wittenberg Door, through the book Growing Up Born Again (are you a GUBA?), to current websites like larknews.com and stuffchristianslike (an admitted knockoff of stuffwhitepeoplelike), there is a strong albeit small-minority undercurrent of evangelical self-mockery. Heck, as a freshman at Wheaton we had a bro/sis floor get together to watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail - which takes plenty of potshots at various sacred cows in the C of E and RC churches, with considerable overlap into evangelicalism. (Unfortunately I doubt they would have ok'ed Life of Brian). Some (many?) evangelicals have reacted to such media with anger or by taking offense, and acted as if it was God being mocked/parodied rather than the quirks of some of God's misguided followers. We humans all tend to take ourselves a bit too seriously, don't we? Even more so if we think we are doing God's work. Going back to the Wittenberg Door, through the book Growing Up Born Again (are you a GUBA?), to current websites like larknews.com and stuffchristianslike (an admitted knockoff of stuffwhitepeoplelike), there is a strong albeit small-minority undercurrent of evangelical self-mockery. Heck, as a freshman at Wheaton we had a bro/sis floor get together to watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail – which takes plenty of potshots at various sacred cows in the C of E and RC churches, with considerable overlap into evangelicalism. (Unfortunately I doubt they would have ok'ed Life of Brian).

Some (many?) evangelicals have reacted to such media with anger or by taking offense, and acted as if it was God being mocked/parodied rather than the quirks of some of God's misguided followers. We humans all tend to take ourselves a bit too seriously, don't we? Even more so if we think we are doing God's work.

]]> By: Julie Clawson http://julieclawson.com/2008/05/27/laughing-at-ourselves/comment-page-1/#comment-2906 Julie Clawson Wed, 28 May 2008 15:36:28 +0000 http://julieclawson.com/2008/05/27/laughing-at-ourselves/#comment-2906 Thanks for clarifying! We do seem to be a blogging movement. Thanks for clarifying! We do seem to be a blogging movement.

]]> By: Michael W. Kruse http://julieclawson.com/2008/05/27/laughing-at-ourselves/comment-page-1/#comment-2905 Michael W. Kruse Wed, 28 May 2008 15:22:26 +0000 http://julieclawson.com/2008/05/27/laughing-at-ourselves/#comment-2905 Just for the record, this was my third chicken post. Four days earlier I had <a href="http://krusekronicle.typepad.com/kruse_kronicle/2008/05/why-did-the-pre.html" rel="nofollow">Why did the Presbyterian Chicken Cross the Road?</a> and two days before that (which got the whole thing started) <a href="http://krusekronicle.typepad.com/kruse_kronicle/2008/05/why-the-chicken.html" rel="nofollow">Why the chicken crossed the road - update</a>. Clearly the Emergent Chicken got the most reponses but I suspect that is in part because so many Emergent folks actually read blogs. Peace! Just for the record, this was my third chicken post. Four days earlier I had Why did the Presbyterian Chicken Cross the Road? and two days before that (which got the whole thing started) Why the chicken crossed the road – update.

Clearly the Emergent Chicken got the most reponses but I suspect that is in part because so many Emergent folks actually read blogs.

Peace!

]]> By: sonja http://julieclawson.com/2008/05/27/laughing-at-ourselves/comment-page-1/#comment-2904 sonja Wed, 28 May 2008 14:01:30 +0000 http://julieclawson.com/2008/05/27/laughing-at-ourselves/#comment-2904 Well ... see it's like this. While everyone says we're adolescents who haven't grown up yet, really we're the grown ups who know how to take a joke. Some people's skin is a little too thin ... other people know how to laugh. I'd much rather know how to laugh. Well … see it's like this. While everyone says we're adolescents who haven't grown up yet, really we're the grown ups who know how to take a joke. Some people's skin is a little too thin … other people know how to laugh. I'd much rather know how to laugh.

]]> By: Chris Kirk http://julieclawson.com/2008/05/27/laughing-at-ourselves/comment-page-1/#comment-2903 Chris Kirk Wed, 28 May 2008 12:41:25 +0000 http://julieclawson.com/2008/05/27/laughing-at-ourselves/#comment-2903 Hey Julie! I agree with your assessment. However, I think it is good to be the ones who can take a joke, tolerate those who would criticize us, and turn the other cheek. It's a good place to be in my opinion. Hey Julie! I agree with your assessment. However, I think it is good to be the ones who can take a joke, tolerate those who would criticize us, and turn the other cheek. It's a good place to be in my opinion.

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