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New Podcast: Kimberly Knight , Church in Second Life

This week, Nick and I have a chat with Kimberly Knight.
Kimberly Knight is a pastor of a congregation in Second Life, an online avatar driven community.
This conversation stemmed from some buzzing discussion about what is church and what is virtual church.
Zach Lind and Nick did a rantcast about it a few months back and then [...]

Check out this Podcast: Philip Clayton

In this episode, I interviews Philip Clayton about his book Transforming Christian Theology: For Church and Society. We also talk about the upcoming Theology After Google event and Clayton’s then pre-debate with Daniel Dennet. Enjoy!
Philip Clayton & Dan Dennet Conversation link.
Theology After Google link.
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Kimberly Knight: Don’t Hold Your Breath…Act Now!

Another guest blogger: Kimberly Knight. Kimberly is the Circuit Rider for The Beatitudes Society. A graduate of Candler School of Theology,  she brings to her theological musings more than fifteen years of experience across a broad spectrum of technology settings including multimedia production and instructional technology. She currently serves as the pastor of an online [...]

Troy Bronsink: Don’t Hold Your Breath…For Too Long

Here is another guest blogger of the new season. This time, my friend Troy Bronsink gifts us with an Ash Wednesday reflection.
For those who don’t know, Troy is an artist and a pastor seeking the way of Jesus. He and his wife, Kelley, and daughter, Eve, live in the Capitol View neighborhood of downtown Atlanta, [...]

Philip Clayton vs. Academic Theology: The Postman Revisited

Philip Clayton equals Kevin Costner as epic hero.
In recent conversations with Philip (listen to podcast here), and with others (see AAR 2009 or HBC podcast), Clayton has really begun to push against academic “ivory tower” theology as being too disconnected from the kind of theology that is really necessary or capable of meeting the needs [...]

Theology After Google: An Event & A Question

On March 10-12 in Claremont, California, there is an event taking place called Theology After Google. I’ll be there.
As decribed on the website, “Why ‘theology after Google’?”:
“Progressive Christian theologians have some vitally important things to say, things that both the church and society desperately need to hear. The trouble is, we tend to deliver our [...]

Check out Nick on Ooze.tv!

As you will remember, Nick’s book came out recently. Here is an interview with Spencer Burke and he about it. Good stuff. Check it out! JC
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Derek Koehl: Why Emergent Must Never Have Anything to Say

Welcome to the first guest blogger of the new year. Over the next several weeks you’ll get to meet a new group of my friends, theologians, philosophers, artists, and bloggers. I hope you enjoy interacting!
This week we meet Derek Koehl. A scribbler of verses, words, and random thoughts, Derek Koehl is also a master educator [...]

Podcast: Thomas Oord on Essential Kenosis Theology

Check out the new podcast with Thomas J Oord. Really, its good stuff.
There is even a little banter about how we should approach the parts of the Bible that no one likes. We kind of agree, kind of disagree. You decide;)
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Mike Clawson on Bonhoffer and Religionless Christianity in the Emerging Culture

I love it when Mike blogs. It’s almost always good stuff.
Here is a link to his post entitled: “Religionless Christianity and the Emerging Church.” Do enjoy it! JC
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