A Suitable Tweet?: 2 Kings 9 in Twible

Jana Riess tweets her way through a chapter of the Bible a day. Very fun interesting way to go about it! Today, she tweeted: “#Twible 2 Kgs 9: Alpo Corp. tests new “Jezebel” flavor; wins canine pre-approval in focus group. Lick it up, dogs. Wait, you missed a spot.”

What do you think? Suitable tweet for [...]

New Podcast: Tony Jones and Philip Clayton from Atlanta

This week we have Part 1 of a 3 part conversation. It is Tony Jones and Philip Clayton talking theology in Atlanta at a cohort.
Here is the video:

Thanks to Dan Ra from nextgenerasianchurch.com for recording the conversation.
Also be sure to check out the Sustainable Faith conference April 22-24 and purchase a copy of [...]

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 [...]

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 banter [...]

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

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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 [...]

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 [...]

Interesting ‘Avatar’ Article

Here is an interesting piece from the Huffington post on Avatar and Catholicism:
“Over at the LA Times, Jonah Goldberg sets about attempting to decode the quasi-religious aspects of James Cameron’s “Avatar“. I’ve not seen the movie yet, but Goldberg reliably informs me that it’s so ever-present that “even if you haven’t seen it, you’ve seen [...]

Podcast: Nick & Zach Lind on Virtual Church

Check out this podcast with Nick and Zach about virtual church. JC

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