Trevin Wax on doubt and surety, Thanks, Trevin

 I remember a while back, probably a couple of decades ago, when the "emerging church" was a thing. I read Blue Like Jazz, and the other book by that author, about a long trip in an old VW. I read Brian McLaren's book, "A New Kind of Orthodoxy," or something like that. I thought Blue Like Jazz was a

marvelously beautiful, skillfully written book, that in the end was a waste of great talent. I got so mad at McLaren's book that I wanted to throw it across the room. (That was in my pre-digital-book time.) I think a friend of mine did give the volume a heave.

It seemed that the books and the movement in general gloried in doubt. The "seemed" in that last sentence is not an expression of doubt. It's an attempt at humility. The authors bragged about being less sure than anybody else. Reading Trevon Wax's article. Reminded me of those days. I could feel Trevin's hand patting me on the back. "You were right, Howard. Hang in there." I love it when people tell me I'm right--except when I'm not. :) Then, if they are a credible corrector, I listen and, if need be, make the necessary corrections. I hate it when someone with absolute surety tells me I'm wrong just for thinking I'm right, and they act as if they are totally sure about that.

Thanks, Trevin.

You are right.

The rest of you would be right to read what Trevin says.

Treven's article: https://mailchi.mp/e3afdd6f30a1/enough-with-the-valorization-of-doubt?e=cbe6cfd979