From Lighthouse Trails Blog:
The following comment was made by one of Rick Warren’s apologists:
[Rick] Warren has reservations about various aspects of the Emerging Church. This is why he has never fully endorsed everything found within it.
If Rick Warren has reservations about some things in the emerging church, those reservations are not about the mystical components of this movement. Case in point: He has had an ongoing working relationship with mysticism advocate Leonard Sweet for many years, and in fact, invited Sweet to teach at the recent Small Groups Conference at Saddleback. Sweet represents the exact same spirituality as Brian McLaren, Rob Bell, and Doug Pagitt. Sweet represents the epitome of emerging spirituality: mysticism, panentheism, interspirituality, etc… Read More…