I had major questions to raise after reading Sally Morgenthaler's response to Best's article. She speaks of North America being a "print-plus-image-and sound world"(pg 93) and she thinks eventually it will become "image-plus-sound-and-print"(pg 93) in nature. I do believe this may be true, but the implications of what she concludes is dangerous. She concludes that having an emphasis on text is the antithesis of being incarnational(pg 93). I'm not exactly sure that is true, considering the fact that God decided to reveal Himself to mankind through text-a book- and has preserved His Word (the term "Word" being textual in nature) in language. To say that the Church (universal) should be incarnational through multiple mediums leads to questions of what is allowed in church (the "Regulative Principle"). For Sally, she would say that the church should include "poetry...dance, meditations" and should also include "digital art, photography, and video; neotribal, techno, and popular music." Where do we draw the line in the name of being "incarnational"?
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