Dallas Emergent Cohort

Dallas Emergent Cohort

1. March Cohort - Tuesday, March 9th, 7PM
   We are going to be jumping on the pop-culture band wagon this coming cohort meeting and taking time to discuss the movie, Avatar. If you haven't seen the movie yet, you are in good company. A few of us have seen it, however, and the rest of us have heard enough about the themes of the film to make it something worth talking about.
   
   So, I hope you'll join us. As is typical, we will gather at Tin Star in the Preston Center shopping area. See you at 7PM.
   
   By the way, we had decided we were going to discuss this even before Mr. Driscoll decided to pop off about the movie, but this came to our attention recently.
   
   He thinks he has never been accused of being a fundamentalist??
   
2. February Cohort - Tuesday the 9th, 7PM
   
   
   
   We thought we would discuss a book, Dwight Friesen's new one Thy Kingdom Connected. It has been a little while since we have read and discussed a book, so I hope it's something you are up for. As always, don't be concerned about completing your "assignment" in order to participate in the conversation.
   
   Here is Dwight's site and blog.
   Here is a brief review of the book.
   
   In addition Danielle be at the conference with Pete Rollins in Arkansas as well as Chris Haw (co-wrote Jesus for President). Maybe she will "throw out one of their newfangled crazy ideas but it will be cutting it close- conference ends the Sunday before cohort."
   
   On a side note...
   
   NT Wright is going to be in town later this year. His website mentions "Nov 12-14, Stanton Lectures, Dallas, TX" which is an Episcopal Diocese of Dallas. The last time it was in this series it was at St. Matthew's downtown, so this one may be there too.
   
3. January Cohort, Tin Star at 7PM on the 12th
   After taking December off, we will be getting back together next Tuesday, January 12th, for our monthly cohort meeting. Hope you will join us at Tin Star in Preston Center at 7PM.
   
   If this will be your first time to join us, just look for the folks who don't seem to be married or dating. The restaurant isn't so large you couldn't find us. Some of us order food, others of us have already eaten, no pressure to do one or the other, but I'm sure Tin Star would appreciate the business.
   
   This months topic will be around some of the online buzz that has been created by folks who have some of these question that our friend Kenton has submitted here...
   
   

   What is the future of "emergent?" I know we've talked on this not too long ago, but there seem to be more stories floating about calling the Emergent Church "dead" as of 2009. Probably none of us think it really is, but perhaps now the anti-emergent crowd is wielding their most damaging weapon: ignoring it. What needs to happen in response? Dan Kimball and others have dropped the association. The holy trinity (Brian, Tony & Doug) seem to have all "gone political." Is it time to start a post-mortem analysis? (Even if you disagree that it has died?) What has emergent accomplished? What did we miss? Why? How important were those things? If it is still alive what should we still try to accomplish next?

   
   
   We aren't limited to this topic, we often let the conversation go wherever it wants, but this is what will get us started.
   
   Hope to see you!
   
4. No December Cohort
   As is typical for us, we will be skipping the December cohort gathering this year.
   See you next year!
   We'll plan to see you the 2nd Tuesday of January!
   
5. November 17th, Cohort Meeting
   Normally we would be meeting on the 2nd Tuesday of the month, but as mentioned in the last post, it is moved to the 3rd Tuesday for the month of November.
   
   There has been several things on the schedule in the last 7-10 days that we will probably discuss this evening. Last week was filled with Danielle Shroyer's release party, Brian Mclaren's visit to the area, the Justice revival took place over three days, and Rob Bell swung through the DFW area over the weekend as well.
   
   We look forward to seeing you at Tin Star at Preston Center, at 7PM, where is typical for us to meet.