The title pretty much sums up my impression of pastoral discussions anymore. Nobody actually talks in real language anymore. Now it is nothing but buzzwords. Just the other day, I came across a new one from some "missional" group called FiveTwo (I spelt it out lest you be confused with real numerical language - even the name of their group is a buzzword) they were talking about "sacramental entrepreneurs" WTH, the sacraments are a business? Meanwhile, my "confessional" brothers keep talking about "historic liturgy". I keep wanting to ask them which one, the one that included the blessing of the beer or the one where we repeat "Lord, have mercy" more times than a praise song chorus? Now, we could probably produce an entire series on the stupid buzzwords the church keeps developing that could run from now until Jesus comes back and believe there are things wrong with the a fore mentioned examples. But that is not why I am writing today. I want to know why we are wasting our time on buzzwords when the world is dying. It seems we are more content to develop a buzzword than we are to actually do something about the problems at hand. But then maybe that is the point.
I am no longer content. I am done with the buzzwords. It's time to upset the status quo because the status is not quo.
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