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January 2012

January 16, 2012

Remembering Dr. King

Today we remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I consider him one of my heroes....

January 15, 2012

9 Reasons NOT to Plant a Church in 2012

"Church planting is the most effective form of evangelism under heaven" said C.Peter Wagner. I...

January 15, 2012

Here a Zealot, There a Fanatic, Everywhere an Extremist!

"Things fall apart, the center does not hold…” W.B. Yeats, “The Second Coming” 1919 Ninety-three...

January 12, 2012

These Are My Moon Rocks, Broken for You

Take a look at this picture of astronaut Pete Conrad, handling moon rocks collected on...

January 10, 2012

Emerging Kataphatic

Many emerging Christians have been influenced by deconstructionist postmodernism. Profoundly iconoclastic, deconstructionism challenges any attempt...

January 05, 2012

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January 04, 2012

The Social Media Gospel and new kinds of communities

As a reader of the this blog, you are already attuned to social media. You...

January 04, 2012

The 11th Day of Christmas…A Prophetic Vision of Peace

The wolf shall live with the lamb, the leopard shall lie down with the kid,...

January 03, 2012

Theology and Toddler Talk

These days, I’m pondering the nature of theological reflection in light of my interactions with...

January 02, 2012

Ring Out The Old

No American in his or her right mind would walk into this new year without...

January 02, 2012

New Years Resolutions

With the New Year upon us, it is the time for New Years resolutions. These...

December 2011

December 28, 2011

Did Christmas Really Come?

Did you have a nice Christmas? Everyone asks you that. It’s a sort of conversation...

December 27, 2011

Mary, Joseph, and Mysticism

Many years ago, during my days as a university chaplain, I led a weekly prayer...

December 26, 2011

Forgotten Figures: Simeon and Anna

One of my favorite pairings of stories in the Bible is the two characters who...

December 23, 2011

Emotional Gaps

The Bible has what I consider to be many emotional gaps. Places where the text...

December 21, 2011

An EPCOT Christmas

Every Christmas Eve, my town hosts a night of carol singing in a church at...

December 20, 2011

Everything I needed to know about church, I learned in Kindergarten.

Okay, so I actually don't remember much about Kindergarten, apart from the location of the...

December 20, 2011

Parenting the Divine: A Christmas Meditation

At the emerging community where I once served as pastor, current co-pastor Diane Brandt has...

December 19, 2011

Why I Am Emergent, Part 3: Theologically Counter-Cultural

Continuing in the series of processing through the reasons of why I resonate with...

December 16, 2011

An Invitation to None

“Nones” were the subject this past weekend of a New York Times op-ed piece (Dec...

December 16, 2011

Arab Spring an Inventive Age Reality

Over the last couple of years I have been suggesting that we are living in...

December 14, 2011

The Steve Jobs of Religion

Each week, it seems there is some new article that gets repeatedly shared in my...

December 13, 2011

My Mormon Baptism

I am not a Mormon, but my neighbors are. They invited me as a guest...

December 13, 2011

If the Last Supper was a Seder, then did Jesus celebrate Hannukah?

Joseph Edelheit, is a Reform Rabbi—retired from Temple Israel, Minneapolis in 2001—and now Director and...

December 13, 2011

Wonder and Tragedy: Thoughts Inspired by “The Tree of Life”

At the heart of the nature of things, there are always the dream of youth...

December 06, 2011

Why an Emergent Village Blog on Patheos.com

Part 1 & 2 of my conversation with Deborah Arca of Patheos on what they...

December 05, 2011

Welcome to the Emergent Village Voice

Welcome to the Emergent Village Voice. This blog is an experiment. We are seeking to...

November 2011

November 23, 2011

Growing Cafe Churches Singapore Style

"Why are people so upset at the emerging church?", Tim Wong asked me last night...