Ft. Hood: What No Faith Condones!

Ironically, though my last post seriously asked questions about faith and health, I find myself sick again. Nevertheless, I have a few posts and links coming to you new in the next couple of days.
Particularly, today, I feel drawn to engage with issues surrounding the recent shooting at Fort Hood.
To be honest I am hearing [...]

Updates and Guest Bloggers

In the next few weeks, the blog postings are going to be a mix of all sorts of thoughts, ideas, and new voices.
Starting this week, I am going to start having a series of guest bloggers. Bloggers topics and voices will range, but will also represent the bigger story of the journey I [...]

Unlearning Celebrity: The Postmodern Struggle for Significance

I am no celebrity and it sucks. At least that is what I feel the world keeps telling me.
The other day as I was spending some time talking with a good friend of mine, it occurred to us both that the hyper-celebrity-centered nature of our society has left us feeling like if we and our [...]

Boff and the Trinity as Social Program

Below is an article I wrote in response to the question of whether or not I agreed with Leonardo Boff’s article on the Trinity in the book entitled, Systematic Theology: Perspectives From Liberation Theology. It’s one of many great articles in the book.
Here is my article:
If the Trinity is a legitimate way of seeking to [...]

Is it Wrong for Christians to Fast for Ramadan?

Here is a link to an article about Christians who have chosen to participate in Ramadan with Muslim friends as part of an interfaith conversation.
As a proponent of this kind of conversation and action, I am a little bummed I missed the beginning of this conversation and of Ramadan this year. I would have loved [...]

A quick post to say come look!

Just wanted to drop a quick line of hello.
After a number of promises that the new kind of site was coming, it’s here. Thanks to Jonathan Stegall for the help today at the dancing goat!
Get ready. More posts and hopefully much more interactions are coming as well. Needless to say, I’m excited.
Peace…
Joshua

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The Becoming of God- A Review

The Becoming of G-d
In church culture these days there is a lot of talk about ‘community,’ but in The Becoming of G-d, Ian Mobsby says we pretty much have missed the boat here in the West. He believes truest community is modeled for us in the interacting relationships we see exhibited in the spirituality of [...]

Videos from a plenary on the American Church

African American Example:

Unitarian Universalists:

Korean Thoughts:
“Even the shadow of a teacher must be respected.”
Quakers, or Religious Society of Friends:
No Ordination of Ministers, No one serves role of Preacher
Some do have these, but there is an unprogramed meetings
All have capacity to be spoken to by God. all must be prepared to give ministry on any given day.
-this [...]

The Emerging Church- A Review

The emerging Church
Why did I lowercase the ‘e’ in the title? ‘Cause this is not about The Emerging Church, the Movement. Rather, it is about emerging congregations and how to guide the process of emergence from the perspective of church leadership. Bruce Sanguin grounds The Emerging Church in the experience of his own congregation, Canadian [...]

Ben Harper to the rescue!

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