~I'm In A Postmodern State of Mind~

You could say I lost my faith in science and progress
You could say I lost my belief in the holy church
You could say I lost my sense of direction
You could say all of this and worse but

If I ever lose my faith in you
There'd be nothing left for me to do

Some would say I was a lost man in a lost world
You could say I lost my faith in the people on TV
You could say I lost my belief in our politicians
They all seemed like game show hosts to me

If I ever lose my faith in you
There'd be nothing left for me to do

I could be lost inside their lies
Without a trace
But everytime I close my eyes
I see your face

Never saw no miracle of science
That didn't go from a blessing to a curse
Never saw no military solution
That didn't end up as something worse but
Let me say this first

If I ever lose my faith in you
There'd be nothing left for me to do

** Just a quick though: I read these words yesterday, and though the song is an ode to his wife, I think that the words Sting wrote really touch a nerve in most people in the world today whether they are christian or not. As society has been in this postmodern movement of the church since around the birth of the industrial revolution, shortly after the civil war, people are finally beginning to question what they are being told. This song questions the church, democracy, the military, and science but after all is said and done, the only faith that we can hold on to is You. Not Sting's wife, but God. I truly believe that this is one of the many ways that the postmodern church feels, and also one of the reasons why there is a tension between the modern and postmodern church.

One more thing about postmodernist thought and then I'll step off of my pomo soapbox. Leonard Sweet said that "We don't need a modern church, and we don't need a postmodern church - what we need is a biblical church". Someday, I believe that the baby boomers of the modern church and GenX on down to the Millenial kids will be able to get along in a church that is filled with Community oriented culture rather than an individualistic mind, Filled with the mystery of GOd, rich in theology, and speaks in many different and diverse languages including the language of the cognitive and the affective. Now we have to figure out how to get there. Another thing: who are we (GenX) going to fight with in the future because we don't like where the church is headed and where is that?

ROn

Listening to: Simon and Garfunkel.Bridge over troubled water- THere is just something about listening to vinyl that I love. I think that it's the crackle of the record while it is playing. I love Paul Simon's poetry in all of his songs, but I think that Garfunkel was a tool. A big, high pitched singing, money sucking, afroed tool