Dan Kimball says more on the Emerging Church

There's a new notion floating around: the 'emerging church' concept is dead, it isn't marketable, it's no longer a 'brand.' But what's the reality? One author who has something to say about it is Dan Kimball, who wrote the book, The Emerging Church, several years ago.
In his blog, he's written his first post on the topic. It begins like this:

I am going to write a couple of posts on the book "The Emerging Church" and what has changed or not from my perspective since the 5 years it came out. Each post will address something I have learned or has changed or has stayed the same and has been further affirmed.

The first one I will write about and one big change from 5 years ago (or actually 6 or 7 when I was actually writing the book) is that there is a different context and definition regarding the term the "emerging church" that has developed since then. For some, this may be uninteresting and may not care - but for others it is significant, especially if you have been in the midst of it all and seen the change of definition happen.