Will Protestants Join in the Larger "Meaning Crisis" Conversation?

Protestants regularly wonder why I devote so much time and energy to "this little corner" of the Internet. Here's why.

Next week I hope to finish this series of commentaries on the @jordanbpeterson @PageauJonathan @vervaeke_john @BishopBarron conversation by looking more directly at the church.

Swirling around this conversation is to one side (@jordanbpeterson and @vervaeke_john ) disappointment and abandoning of the church, and on the other (@PageauJonathan and @BishopBarron) advocacy for her amid critique.

What is less obvious I think is an admission by JBP and JV that the function the church fulfilled in much of Western history is missed. The recession of Modernity is revealing the limitations of secularism as a way around wars of confessionality.

I think both @jordanbpeterson and @vervaeke_john see that there needs to be central, functional structures whose domain is meaning and 4-P Knowing and the Academy has failed in its attempt to replace the church or even function without her.

The question I think they both must come to terms with individually and for the culture is "must we try to build something new or is it better to adopt or adapt the old?" this is of course where @PageauJonathan and @BishopBarron come in.

I suspect this will be a big part of the emerging conversation of Estuary and what @aqualityexiste1 calls "this little corner of the Internet". Many others like @WisdomRebel and @GrimGriz are in there too in their own ways.

I'd love to see more participation from Protestant clergy and churches aware of this vital effort. Unfortunately, many in church are too busy with their own intramural quarrels to see these larger tasks.