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August 2012

August 01, 2012

Authentic Jesus Generations: Woodstock to Wild Goose by Randy Woodley

Although there is not much in general these days that one can say about the...

June 2012

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 06, 2012

Book: Shalom and the Community of Creation: An Indigenous Vision by Randy Woodley

From the Publisher, William B Eerdman's Publishing: In this book, Randy Woodley draws parallels between...

May 2012

May 09, 2012

Faith and Politics: ‘What’s Fair is Fair’ is not Fair Anymore by Randy S. Woodley

Ok, I have to admit I'm a history nerd. I read it, I watch it...

April 2012

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...

March 2012

March 22, 2012

Outside the Walls, But Not the Tradition

Several years ago I had the opportunity to attend a meeting of the American Society...

March 21, 2012

A Seat at The Table: Negative Space, Part II, The Art of Doing Nothing

I wrote last month about the value of 'negative space' in worship settings, but the...

January 2012

January 31, 2012

An Evangelical Pentecostal Naturalist?

I'm often described in the mainstream media as an 'Evangelical minister' or ‘Pentecostal preacher', even...

January 26, 2012

my broken family (Church vs. Art)

I love art. I teach it. I try to preach it to others. My faith...

January 25, 2012

I Like the Bible but I’m Not Sure I Know All the Words by Randy Woodley

I had been learning to play bass guitar for two years when I was finally...

January 19, 2012

Loving Jesus, Hating Religion: A Well-Meaning False Dichotomy

The last two weeks has seen a new viral sensation take over our computer screens....

January 17, 2012

The Church Doesn’t Know How To Have Sex

Sex has become something bourgeois. Not that the proletariat ever experience sex mind you, but...

January 16, 2012

The Birth of the Emerging Church & a Missing Voice

There is one important person who helped start the entire discussion about "Progressive Christianity" or...

January 02, 2012

New Years Resolutions

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

December 2011

December 17, 2011

My Spiritual Path to Virtual Community

Upon receiving a welcome email with a username and password, I paused to reflect. A...

December 15, 2011

Churches, Take Up Your Mats and Walk

There’s an old joke that speaks directly to one of the biggest issues holding back...

December 14, 2011

Racism and the Fear of the Other

Woops! It surfaced again. Most of the country was shocked to hear the news of...

December 12, 2011

Why I am Emergent, Part 2: Multivocality

As an addendum to last weeks post on the conversational element of Emergent, I want...

December 11, 2011

Improvisational Christianity: I hope you like me.

Starting a blog for a new "audience" is awkward. This first post feels a little...

December 09, 2011

But How Amazing Is It That We Get To Help?

This Advent we are looking at the Christmas story through the lens of the Mission...

December 08, 2011

Choice Lamb

I receive emails everyday at nakedpastor from people who have left the church. They share...