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October 2014

October 22, 2014

Rebellion and Awe

I am grateful to my people of origin, the Evangelicals. Sure they scared the hell...

October 12, 2014

EMBRACING THE ABSURD: the problem of ABSOLUTES and the promise of SUBJECTIVITY

Soren Kierkegaard Series (Part Two) Disclaimer: This article will be significantly concise as the...

October 08, 2014

The River of Years

I’m at an age when thinking about age is something I do often. I reached...

October 05, 2014

Making Me a Channel of His Peace

Two and a half years ago I attended my first Centering Prayer retreat at the...

September 2014

September 20, 2014

The Re-Indigenisation of faith, indigenous people groups and Scottish Independence

As I write from St Albans just north of London UK the people of Scotland...

September 19, 2014

Learning Action and Contemplation at Richard Rohr’s Living School

Richard Rohr’s new Living School for Action and Contemplation has launched a new synthesis of...

September 18, 2014

Pursuing the Peculiar

There is of course the notion that we all want to find points of connection—we...

September 18, 2014

To Change Everything, We Need Everyone

A year ago, Holly Roach and I were in New York City at the time...

September 16, 2014

The Never Ending Story and Constant Conversion

“Conversion is a process, it is not a goal, not a product we consume. And...

September 14, 2014

Authenticity and Community

I love being part of the emergent movement. I love the space to think, learn,...

September 12, 2014

Soren Kierkegaard: The First Emergent Thinker? (Part One)

For the past fifteen years the “Emerging Church” has been a source of refuge for...

September 06, 2014

Welcome to the Zoo

Mike Stavlund is a husband, a father, a writer, an emergence practitioner, and an adjunct...

September 03, 2014

An Intro and the Skeptimergent Challenge

As an atheist who works with religious persons, I am honored to be a part...

September 02, 2014

An Autobiography of Hurt & Hope : A Journey From Wounded Skeptic to Wounded Healer

As Holly and I articulated in our post from yesterday, I am excited and eager...

May 2014

May 19, 2014

Atheists and Christians Working Together: Me and Ryan Bell’s Online Course

For many here on Emergent Village and Patheos Progressive Christian, working with Christians is second-nature....

May 01, 2014

An Interview with Brian McLaren on Faith, Doubt, and Atheism

I met Brian a few years back when I picked him up from the airport...

March 2014

March 21, 2014

Do Not Fix Others as You Would Not Want to be Fixed

The internet, one might think, was invented as a place for angry, excessively confident people...

March 03, 2014

Homosexuality in Western culture: a cultural/theological perspective (Part 1 of 2)

I know, I know. I said last time that I was finished publishing on...

February 2014

February 23, 2014

Emergent Village Is NOT Dead. It’s Just Different Now …

From Mike Clawson, curator of Emergent Village cohorts: Over 15 years ago, a small group...

December 2013

December 13, 2013

Gungor: The Postmodern Anthem Band

It took me a long time to write this. I thought I should try to...

July 2013

July 06, 2013

Give Me a Racist Over A Racist System Anyday by Randy Woodley

"Now brother Woodley, Rev. _______ will share his apology with you and then you can...

June 2013

June 07, 2013

Doug Pagitt Radio – Interviews With Kyle Roberts & Peter Wallace

Victoria is taking a few weeks off so it is up to Doug to hold...

May 2013

May 31, 2013

Either “Is Homosexuality A Sin?” OR “Is Homophobia A Sin?”

The modern Church’s overall inability to properly engage the culture in which it exists is...

May 24, 2013

Let Us Conspire

What follows is in no way an affirmation of doing anything violent or illegal. In...

May 22, 2013

the view from her ~ Reflecting Pentecost …

Please give a warm welcome to first time blogger and smart lady Pamela Chaddock. They...

May 13, 2013

It’s Time to Let Go…

I have been developing a metaphor to bring insight into how spiritual development happens. That...

May 10, 2013

Doug Pagitt Radio: Interview with Jim Wallis

Broadcasting from Solomon's Porch meeting space, we busted out of the studio this week. We...

May 09, 2013

Can I Trust?

Here’s a question I’ve been asked many times, by many different people. The words I...

May 08, 2013

Transformation and Shadow Spotting

“Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do...

May 01, 2013

A Contradiction of Truths

I am learning in my life to let go of the apparent contradictions; this I...