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December 2015

December 12, 2015

God, Jesus, and Thoughts about Incarnation

I believe in God Incarnate. I believe in Jesus, the One who was some kind...

February 2015

February 12, 2015

The Real Emergence

How difficult it is to become the loving, compassionate, fearless beings we were created to...

October 2014

October 02, 2014

Metamorphosis: Healing and Transformation

The path to transformation is full of suffering. When I speak about spiritual woundedness and...

September 2014

September 24, 2014

Our Pain’s Meeting

Over the past three years I have been in a process of learning, unlearning, and...

February 2013

February 12, 2013

Poetry : Randy Woodley, The Haunting (A Tribute to Richard Twiss)

Over the next several months I will be posting some of my poetry every Wednesday....

February 08, 2013

#SKEPTIMERGENT: the atheist’s dilemma

I would guess that most people who have grown up and stayed in churches do...

January 2013

January 31, 2013

Open Conversation: Friendships & Movements

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote critically about a meeting of Emergence Christianity folks...

January 23, 2013

Emergent Agnosticism

I have been struggling with classic depictions of God for the past several months. But...

November 2012

November 29, 2012

Anthony Smith’s Answer to Diversity Within Emergence Christianity

Anthony Smith continues the conversation about diversity within emergence Christianity: video embed not working for...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

Missional Implications of The Differend by J.F. Lyotard pt. 3

In this third post, there is one more missional implication worth mentioning. Emergence can serve...

October 19, 2012

Missional Implications of The Differend by J.F. Lyotard pt.2

In the second part of this series, Lyotard's exploration of the historical debate surrounding Auschwitz...

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 11, 2012

Missional Implications of The Differend by J.F. Lyotard pt. 1

During a graduate course in Postmodernity I took a few years ago, I stumbled upon...