Post Modern's are Blonds Emergent's Brunettes

David Brooks provides a wonderful look at contemporary life in America. One can not escape how closely his descriptions reflect the numerous sub-cultures of the American church. I’ll quote from a few pages of his book: “Down Paradise Drive.”

“Vapidity is the one character flaw that comes with its own missile defense system. The vapid person by definition does not possess the mental wherewithal to be aware of his own vapidity. This person has a blessed imperviousness, a mile-and-honey obliviousness to the meagerness of his actual merit.”

“The inescapable fact is that the universe (and church) is divided between Blondes and Brunettes. This is not a matter of color of one’s hair. This is a cosmic trait. The Cosmic Blonde floats through life on a beam of sunshine, from success to success (mega to mega). The Cosmic Brunette obsesses and reflects, frets and fumes, turns inward, and clings to the view that the examined life is the only life with living, despite all the evidence to the contrary. The Cosmic Brunette writes (blogs) and reads books (reviews them too), worries, condemns and evaluates, judges, discerns and doubts. The Cosmic Blonde water-skis (or goes to Jabez conferences)."