Notes from 09-13-09
The church is in a constant state of motion. Starting at the fringe it ha followed and will continue to follw the path path below. Our job is where we will drive it from social convention.
Will it move past cliché to an iconic status (or has it done this and if so what icon repreents the church?) Can we re-present the church to a new generation and create a new archetype of what the church could/should be? Or will the church be lost in oblivion?
Fringe – something regarded as peripheral, marginal, secondary, or extreme in relation to something else: the lunatic fringe of a strong political party.
Edge – a brink or verge: the edge of a cliff; the edge of disaster.
Realm of the Cool – Cool: socially adept:
Next Big Thing – The up and coming thing
Social Convention – Acceptable to society as a whole.
Cliché – a trite, stereotyped expression; a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a popular or common thought or idea, that has lost originality, ingenuity, and impact by long overuse, as sadder but wiser, or strong as an ox.
Icon – a sign or representation that stands for its object by virtue of a resemblance or analogy to it.
Archetype
1. the original pattern or model from which all things of the same kind are copied or on which they are based; a model or first form; prototype.
2. (in Jungian psychology) a collectively inherited unconscious idea, pattern of thought, image, etc., universally present in individual psyches.
Oblivion – the state of being completely forgotten or unknown: a former movie star now in oblivion.
From the book:The Deviants Advantage
Ryan Matthews and Watts Wacker
