out of bounds

went to the "out of bounds church?" book launch last night
the book of which i am yet to read since i only got it yesterday, slack i know, looks quite good, it is by Steve Taylor / emergent kiwi, and has been published on the Emergent YS arm of Zondervan publishing, meaning it should be pretty easy to get a hold of no matter where you are
was a good night, hosted by Forge as one of their postcards nights and NCCC, where A Taste of Liquid was held earlier in the year
some interesting things were brought up by Steve during the night and some good questions too
one of the main things i found interesting was him talking about looking at a piece of rope that is frayed at an end and seeing our ancestors intertwined as each strand making it strong, this is a metaphor used from the movie Whalerider
and how if you look at Jesus ancestors that there were some people in their who did some pretty bad things and weren't really poeple that at times you would not be proud to say they are you relatives
this showed me how the emerging church needs to recognise and stay connected and in some way intertwined with the established church, eventhough there are so many things in the past and even now that the emerging church see as so ugly and horrible that staying connected is important
i think an emerging church totally apart from the rest of the Church (catholic/universal), if we are going to be the Church then we have to accept the baggage that may come with that, and yes learn too from the mistakes of the past
after all you can't choose your parents and nor could they, that's, out of bounds