News 2's Neil Orne Interested in Postmodernism

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Neil and Heather Orne of News 2 (WKRN) are my and my wife's favorite morning anchors! Every morning as we get ready for work we invite them and the other crazy cats from the News 2 Morning Show into our home. There have been SEVERAL occasions in which a comment or allusion has been made by one of them which has led my wife and me to wonder if they are followers of Jesus.

Anyway, there's a link on Neil's blog to something called "The PoMo Blog", which is run by a gent by the name of Terry Heaton. Interestingly enough, the header and the footer of Terry's blog contain quotes from Leonard Sweet. For those of us who aren't quite sure who Leonard is, he is described in all circles as a "theologian, author, and futurist". He has written Out of the Question...Into the Mystery, The Church in Emerging Culture: 5 Perspectives, Postmodern Pilgrims, and about about 20 other books dealing with life, God, faith, and those three things in postmodern ("emerging") culture. He is also the founder of PreachingPlus.com, which is an "epic preaching resource".

So, I don't know what all of this is worth, but it's a cool thought that maybe, just maybe, the morning crew at News2 are followers of Jesus who are living that out in a missional way. Even if they're not, it's totally cool that at least one of the local news crews realize that the world is changing--so why not change with it. (see Luke 5:36-39)