Following on from Purgatorio‘s very funny tongue in cheek poke at the emergent scene I thought I’d see how I fitted the various categories Marc suggested…

Marc writes: Since the Emerging Church doesn’t seem to like definitions, and they do seem to like images, I offer the following.

You also Might Be Emerging if”

You are a middle aged family man… with no goatee, tatts or body piercings (that you can see)

hmmm… not off to a flying start…

From…

via Belfast (woohoo 2 in 1 on that score!)

You own a dodgy 3 year old HP and are too stingy to upgrade (but you are willing to accept donations)

Without giving last names you know who these people are:

Mick

Tammy

Mike

Caroline

Mark

Renae

Scott

Emma

Adam

Renae

James

Rhonda

because they live in your street and are your friends

You like to drink

but you’re not that fussy. You’ll even drink

if you have to.

And are reading

and

and

and

and

Which means you do a lot of

You are listening to

because its the only station your stupid el cheapo car stereo bought off e-bay can tune into due to the static from engine noise.

You use these words in a positive way:

surfing, eating, sleeping, church, life, work, reading, sex, friends

You use these words in a negative way:

traffic, gut, details, multanova

You have a sticker like this

On your environmentally friendly 1981 Landy

You have to look at these pictures twice because it might be you

Oh… it is!

Your worship service looks like this…

or

This is your leg

(pretty boring really)

You see this on a website and aren’t too sure what to do unless you read the instructions

You read the instructions and you still aren’t sure…

Call yourself emergent Hamilton?!

You’re just not trying hard enough are you!?…