Archive for March, 2010
New Podcast with Dwight Friesen on Theology After Google and ‘Thy Kingdom Connected’
In this interview I interview Dwight Friesen about his book Thy Kingdom Connected and Theology After Google (Claremont 2010). We met in an airport after the conference and chatted it up. Dwight is a teacher practical theology at Mars Hill Graduate School, is active with Emergent Village, a social network of missional Christians around the [...]
Health Care for All: Not Perfect, but Right (and Christian)
Warning: If you sided with Glen Beck with regards to social justice and Christianity, you might not want to proceed. If you actually care about the poor and marginalized in America, and believe that the Kingdom of God is not simply about individuality and personal freedoms, you might want to keep reading. If Christians are [...]
Yes, and Yes: A New Kind of Institution/Organization!
Check out this post by Florin. It is well worth thinking about especially when it comes to emergent organizing! JC Send to Facebook
New Podcast: Brian McLaren on A New Kind of Christianity
This week we have Brian Mclaren back on for a record breaking 4th interview, which means we have interviewed him more than CNN. Nick does a great job with the interview, especially since I couldn’t be on the line as I was out at Theology after Google’s Claremont Gathering (#tag10). Also, and in case you missed [...]
Lynn Hopkins: Choosing Sides
Here is another post by guest blogger Lynn Hopkins. Enjoy! The Unitarian Universalist Association has a program about standing up in the struggle for justice, for the inherent worth and dignity of all persons, called “Standing on the Side of Love.” Though I am aligned with its aims, I struggle with the title. Joshua’s recent [...]
Theology After Google: After Thoughts on the Claremont 2010 Gathering
For three days this week, I was with a group of new friend and old friends trying to imagine together how theology in the googley age might emerge. At the end of the day, one if the most powerful aspects of the event was the experience of the settling in on the face to face [...]
New Podcast: Michael Dowd, The New Atheists as God’s Prophets
This week we are posting a podcast that was recorded by Michael Dowd, author of Thank God for Evolution, on his podcast After Nick listened to this podcast, he asked Michael if we could re-post it. I don’t know how many of you may have had the chance to catch it on his podcast, so [...]
When days are shorter: The effect of Earthquakes!
Check this out! Some say that the effect of the Chilean earthquake is that time has changed. I wonder, what else is changing that we are missing? HT Lynn Hopkins! JC Send to Facebook
A Rant of Sorts: Grappling with Religious Belief, Belonging, Exclusion and Community
Recently I’ve been having some pretty fascinating conversations about what it means to belong to community. In fact, just this week I sat in room full of colleagues and debated whether or not someone needed to become a member of a local church in order to be considered a full participant. The whole conversation left [...]
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