In Dan Brown fashion, Andrew Jones has broken the code regarding the hipster, black-framed, emergent spectacles, tracing it back to Karl Barth.
Well, I’ve got a secret. I buy my glasses for $39. That’s right. $39. At that price, you can get a couple pairs for yourself, and you, too, can be emergent!
Click below to get some for yourself.
Somehow, I think that Rob Bell pays more for his. 
The rob bell comment made me laugh. thanks for sharing that ‘site’! im needing some new ones my left ear piece is held together in the screw by a tooth comb…pretty hip but a pain as it doesn’t give tension to hold the frames on my head…to much info sorry…have a great day tony
Heck, that wouldn’t even pay for grinding my perscription!
Ted, that pays for the whole dealio. Frames, lenses, and a case!
I’m actually in the market for a new pair and style, the decision has now been made. Sweet
hahaha this is amazing!
I think Andrew stole that from Todd Hiestand’s blog found here: http://www.toddhiestand.com/karl-barth-meets-the-emerging-church/12/
Tony, I got my cool hipster glasses from the same place. Thanks for blowing our cover…
HA! I can’t remember for sure, but I think that on non-contact-wearing days Nadia Bolz-Weber falls into the same hipster emergent glasses category. Am I right, or does it just feel as though she should?
Scott, he didn’t steal anything; if you read the link, Andrew is clearly playing off Todd’s article, and clearly gives credit to the originator of the idea.
Mine cost $5. Of course they’re just readers from Dollar General.
Don’t forget my favorite Karl……Rahner. He was also sportin’ some wicked nice frames.
Jay Bakker–definitely in.
Ryan- I didn’t mean “steal” in a pejorative manner. It should have read “borrowed” or some other synonym. My apologies for any confusion or finger-pointing.
Does it count if I wear plastic hipster frames because they don’t break when one of my kids accidentally knocks them off my face? I gave up on metal frames long before I gave up on modernity.
I went and got Lasik done a few years ago. Now my chances at being a cool emergent guy are forever blown!
…yeah, but which frames exactly did you buy?… =)
Just cause they’re cheap doesn’t make them any less hip
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In fact, the very frugality just adds to the anti-establishment hipster cred. You’re hopelessly hip, Tony.
“and you, too, can be emergent!”
Only if they come with an iphone.
Man, I wish I had known about this 39 dollar glasses site before I spent 8 times that much for mine! Geez…
Where’s the link? I don’t see it!
Thanks for the info Tony – I need eye exams for the whole family soon!