Comments on: What We Need Are Name Tags

By: Nephos

Nephos — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 19:39:05 +0000

Wait, RsS. By postmodern are you talking about postmodernism or postmodernity?

By: RsS

RsS — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:52:53 +0000

Wow! All of this sounds very postmodern, especially the replies to this post.

By: MC

MC — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:33:45 +0000

Is the goatee required for you to be missional or postmodern? Warren started sporting one about 5+ years ago and I remember a panic set in because I couldn’t grow one and Goodwill was all out of floral printed, Hawaiian shirts so I was doomed.

By: Josh Gelatt

Josh Gelatt — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 16:37:34 +0000

Terry, Brendt,

You got the point of the article, but you might be missing the point of some of the comments! :o) LOL

By: Thom

Thom — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 05:02:29 +0000

Aye, Eric, but humans label each other anyway, consciously or not. Check out Labeling Theory.

By: Brendt

Brendt — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 04:56:34 +0000

Terri, no, you didn’t miss the point.

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 04:35:08 +0000

Our labels place us among people that think similar to us. Just another segregation technique, we need some way of separating “us” and “them.”

and I hate it.

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:11:08 +0000

This made me think of a line from a Derek Webb song:

“There’s no categories just long stories waiting to be heard
Don’t be satisfied when someone sums you up with just one word”

Maybe that’s why we do labels-it’s easier than listening to people’s stories and actually trying to understand them.

By: The Scylding

The Scylding — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:34:35 +0000

I belong to dysfunctional, but my family is Christ? Actually, as long as I am a rose….

By: Craig V.

Craig V. — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:12:17 +0000

Though this has been going on since Corinth, I do think there is a different element in some of the current debates. It seems to me that many are in the process of re thinking their faith. As they enter this process they are quickly labeled before really settling anywhere. A bigger concern for me, over the labeling, is that we don’t allow one another to enter this process.