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January 2013

January 18, 2013

God of the Open Door.

January is always a hard month for me. I'm not sure why. It just always...

January 06, 2013

Rape In India OR Romance Doesnt Exist

An Endorsement of the Video: "almost finished it, really good video man, loving the down-to-earth...

December 2012

December 28, 2012

Grab some popcorn,the crucifixion was for entertainment

It is in the crucifixion of the desert rabbi, Jesus of Nazareth that we come...

December 24, 2012

May Christmas be Filled with Mouse Poop and Camel Spit By Randy S. Woodley

In this cynical and snarky world in which we live, we are getting pretty good...

December 09, 2012

One more bauble for the Emergent village Christmas tree

And so it's Christmas, nearly. Today my wife and I will buy a tree, begin...

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 30, 2012

“Unwrapping my Lollipop:” Top 10 Best and Worst “Christian” Sex Advice

“Your body is a wrapped lollipop. When you have sex with a man, he unwraps...

November 30, 2012

December 2012

PATHEOS – December 2012 November 2012 was about as singular as any month could...

November 24, 2012

Empires and Resurrection

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

November 20, 2012

The Post-Black and Post-White Church – A conversation with Efrem Smith

I talked with Efrem Smith about his book, The Post-Black & Post-White Church on my...

November 01, 2012

Undead

I chatted with Clay Morgan on my Radio Show about his book Undead. He has...

November 01, 2012

A Perfect Duo

“Let us now praise famous men,” is itself about as famous as any self-respecting...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

Bible meditation versus The Ear Worm

“Find a quiet place and a comfortable chair. Sit down, don't cross your legs, rest...

October 23, 2012

A Voter’s Guide: Shalom and the Community of Creation: An Indigenous Vision by Randy Woodley (pp.14-16)

Shalom is meant to be both personal (emphasizing our relationships with others) and structural (replacing...

October 21, 2012

The City of God

Around about two years ago I began to wonder- “What did the early Church...

October 06, 2012

THE SHOE FETISH: THE EVIL OF ALTRUISM

there was a woman who had a shoe fetish. no matter what, she had to...

October 05, 2012

The Shift into Post-Christendom

Earlier this year, Lord Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury and, thereby, formerly the tutelary...

October 05, 2012

Jesus and Mary love and marriage

Hi! I am a new blogger to the site so this topic was fresh news...

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 12, 2012

Can You Feel Me? Yes, Somebody Did? by Randy Woodley

I actually began the series See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me as a...

September 04, 2012

Of Wasps and Other Things

Wade Tickle is almost eleven years old, and he is terrified of wasps. When he...

August 2012

August 30, 2012

An Emergent Islam? Oh, yeah

Over the last decade I have been so encouraged to see the same impulses that...

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 15, 2012

See Me, Feel Me, Touch me, Heal me…A Challenge to the Colonial Christian West by Randy Woodley

In 1969 The Who released the now famed rock opera album Tommy. Mostly written by...

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 08, 2012

Jesus and the Jewish Festivals

I talked with Gary Burge, a New Testament professor at Wheaton College, on my radio...

August 06, 2012

Work ought to be about making meaning not just money

There is a significant conversation in our country about the role of money, profit and...

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...

August 02, 2012

The August after the July To Never Forget

PATHEOS – August 2012 July 4th ...any and every July 4th...is firmly engrained in our American...

August 01, 2012

Chick-Fil-A Kerfuffle and The Shut-down approach of calling people Prideful

The Chick-Fil-A Kerfuffle about Gay Marriage has surfaced, what to me, is a greater worry...