The History of Emergent Part 7

Top Ten Reasons why Brad Cecil is genius and I love him (and why you need to visit his new blog)

1. According to the Pope of Emergent, his resurrection from a fetal position nervous breakdown (see Tony’s book chapter two) provided The birth of the Emergent movement by walking in a stupor to a whiteboard and scribbling furiously the first ever Postmodern History for Christian Gen xers.
2. Until this morning, I have never been able to find a picture of the guy on the internet for my ridiculous blog. Not even on his own corporate website. No one knows this guy and how important he is. Until now I have had to pull this grainy picture from a DV Tape of a 2001 Waco event at Kyle’s church (Mueller was the cameraman). Yes I have the power point on film . . or at least the “art” talk referenced below. Look on Ebay and get ready to bid high.
3. He is a boomer. This is important despite the fact that this is exactly what Brad was killing back in the day. Everyone knows generational conversations were and are a time waste. The wheel and gearshift of this Gen X movement was and is being operated by boomers.
4. He was the only one to play golf with me in San Antonio at my very first failed Group of Twenty “leadership” gathering. Doug took everyone else to get his toes done at a local spa.
5. Brad can go from mature Ivy League philosophy professor to giggling schoolgirl in a moment. Very endearing. Sure, I love people who laugh at my jokes.
6. His “art” talk at the Waco Regional gathering in 2001 caused conservative pastors to blow arteries and the rest of us to laugh. At one memorable moment between the snickering from the back of the room with Danielle, Scott and Kyle, I whispered to scott and kyle, “there is a lot of mind fu#@!^%” going on right now”. One millisecond to meltdown. I am still retarded and childish.
7. He never wanted fame. Fiercely loyal. Never talked shit behind my back. And if he did, I never heard about it. This is an exception.
8. Led a band of fugitive Christians in Arlington called Axxess. Yes he put TWO x’s in the name. Which makes searching for this church on google a cluster as the search returns his church along with hundreds of porn sites. Was that an intentional strategy?
9. Co-opted the Axxess website to start his brand new blog!! see this.
10. Came to my duck call shop and played poker . . . in a blazer.

To sum up:

What’s so great about the Barrier Reef?
What’s so fine about art?
What’s so good about a Good Times Van?
When your workin’ on a broken,
Workin’ on a broken,
Workin’ on a broken man.

I’m already dead.
That’s exactly what she said.

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