Derek Blaylock on what “Emergent” means to him .  This was particularly interesting to me, not only because of my friendship with Derek, but because he emphasizes how Emergent compliments him as a political Conservative. Ryan Byrd has been reflecting in a series of posts on Poets, Prophets, and Preachers .  Rob Bell’s (no stranger to this topic) last session pried into answering the question, “How do we respond when people say all sorts of creatively destructive things about us.”  Ryan’s bit here is a great discourse on forgiveness, boundaries, and prophetic words in awful situations.