meditatio at the water's edge

Post-Protestant... really?

Brian McLaren has been using that phrase for a while now, but it was today I came to better realize a bit of what that can look like in real life...

We had a gathering of a small handful of area youth pastors, and we met at the one local catholic church. We had lunch together, talked about the Passion, and then... we walked through the Stations of the Cross together. Three protestant guys and one catholic female all experiencing the Stations together. Amazing.

Apart from it being a powerful experience, I was reminded of Jesus prayer that we are all one as He is one. And, I think the emerging church has the ability to take the lead on this... to unite the church in ways it hasn't experienced since the reformation.

What if we are ( & become ) more serious about the unity of the church than our catholic or protestant traditions have been in the past? PAUSE --- ponder that for a moment.

What are the implications of a church that is increasingly united under the rule and reign of God rather than dividing over issues of right-ness? I feel a fresh wind blowing...