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December 2012

December 18, 2012

Why all canonized authority is a bad thing

I interviewed Chris Haw on his book From Willow Creek To Sacred Heart where Chris...

December 05, 2012

Finding Current Meaning In Jesus’ Birth (Part 1) By Randy Woodley

It Was A Night Around Christmas The meaning of this poem will be reflected in...

November 2012

November 24, 2012

Empires and Resurrection

In part, this post was sparked by Phyllis Tickle and her post Christendom...

November 19, 2012

A New Kind of Christian Television Network

One week ago today, my good friend Phil Shepherd and I launched a new kind...

October 2012

October 14, 2012

An Interesting Take on Emergence Christianity

I know nothing about Dr. Steve McSwain, but according to his Huffington Post bio, his...

October 10, 2012

Heal Me: Why Tommy and the White Western Colonial Church? By Randy Woodley

I began this conversation I called, See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me as...

September 2012

September 26, 2012

Touch Me: it takes a lifetime by Randy Woodley

(I began this series See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me as a challenge...

September 20, 2012

Can Democrats and Republicans Live Together at Church?

I talked with Charles Drew on my radio show yesterday about his book Body Broken-Can...

September 11, 2012

Jesus Functions

:: By Pete Zimmerman: I am hoping that in about a year I will help...

September 06, 2012

Emergents Need to Embrace Anti-Oppression with Inclusivity and Humility

:: By Holly Roach, re-posted by permission from Emerging Santa Fe: If Wild Goose West...

September 03, 2012

The slippery slope from believing into…living

I am told, that Jesus only directly answers 3 of the 183 questions that he himself...

August 2012

August 29, 2012

See Me: A Call to Christians in the West to Invite Those Different Than Them to the Table by Randy Woodley

(Read the Introduction to this series) So, what is the cost to the whole community...

August 15, 2012

A Seat at The Table: Everyone Plays

My friend and fellow Common Tabler Pete comes at emergence not via the plethora of...

August 10, 2012

(G)od With(Out) Religion OR The God Who BeCame an Atheist

There is this moment of intrinsic subversion to exclusivity in the Jesus Narrative. But...

August 10, 2012

R(EVOLuTionary ) Faith…in a crisis

It's hard to imagine anyone coming across Jesus in the midst of the " world...

August 02, 2012

What Does a Good Leadership Meeting Look Like?

How about this for a monthly leadership meeting? Council Meeting, July 2012 To begin, we...

July 2012

July 19, 2012

On Cultural Necrophilia: A Christian Response

Maybe it's my age, but I take issue with the cultural necrophilia flooding the airwaves....

July 15, 2012

do christians (h)ate the world? OR (the european civil wars)

Any notion that we do not belong to this earth, that Earth is...

June 2012

June 22, 2012

God the Capitalist Meets Job and his Violent Loss of Materialism…

Is not Job the narrative about the conundrum of pain, suffering and loss? Is it...

June 18, 2012

Getting the Courage We Long For

"Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice...

June 12, 2012

An Economic Pitfall

Erich Fromm's "Marketing Character" pinpoints a major frustration I've had with Christendom for the past...

May 2012

May 25, 2012

Doug, Tony and the Church Planters Academy

A few weeks ago I had the chance to fly out to Minneapolis and join...

May 16, 2012

Harm.on.Y is Evil

NEW VIDEO (NEW SERIES) -- HARMONY IS EVIL : Most of society today is built...

May 15, 2012

Last Chance For a Win-Win on Same-Sex Marriage?

This last week, two important things happened. First, the voters of North Carolina passed a...

May 10, 2012

God is a [pro]stit[ut]e

Doctor Daniel Paul Schreber complains of the compulsive thinking that he is forced to endure,...

April 2012

April 25, 2012

Dehumanizing the Other: Afghan Body Parts, Soldier Suicides, the Poor and the Evil Conservative Strategy By Randy Woodley

The first casualty of war is the truth. Tell a lie often enough and it...

April 22, 2012

love [your] neighb(our) as the enem(y).

Desire is the Desire of the Other - Lacan Love your neighbour as...

April 16, 2012

god (h)ates fa(g)s?!

God hates fags, really? I have been told this is true. But what does...

April 11, 2012

Strange Christianity Made in America: Part III by Randy Woodley

I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. They are so unlike your...

April 11, 2012

the c(h)urch is killing the (o)ther [Video]

INTRO: the other is that which is different to us. that which is foreign or...