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August 2012

August 16, 2012

A Humble Emergent Reply to Ben Witherington III

Dear Dr. Witherington, I feel as but a mere ant to respond to a man...

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 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...

July 2012

July 04, 2012

Wild Goose Festival Moving Beyond Cynicism (linked by) Randy Woodley

I recently returned from 28 days on the road with my 13 year old son...

June 2012

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 23, 2012

Is Violent Racism Making a Comeback or Has it Ever Gone Away? by Randy Woodley

Many White people thought we had racism almost licked in America. We would all at...

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 25, 2012

Dehumanizing the Other: Afghan Body Parts, Soldier Suicides, the Poor and the Evil Conservative Strategy By Randy Woodley

The first casualty of war is the truth. Tell a lie often enough and it...

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 28, 2012

Strange Christianity Made in America: Part II by Randy Woodley

The customs of the Nacirema, a still very poorly understood tribal group, came to the...

March 14, 2012

Why We Can’t Win In Afghanistan by Randy Woodley

(Note: I am interrupting my own series on Strange Religion: American Dualism because of the...

February 2012

February 24, 2012

Evangelical 2.0: The Deception of Mark Driscoll’s Acts 29 Network

I've written quite a bit about churches like Mark Driscoll's Mars Hill and the concerns...

February 23, 2012

Kickstarting the Emergent Conversation

For a long time, the emergent conversation has been labeled and criticized (to some degree,...

February 22, 2012

Strange Christianity Made in America: Part I by Randy Woodley

What has been particularly harmful about American Christianity has not necessarily been the beliefs professed...

January 2012

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 11, 2012

Quoting God by Randy Woodley

Ok, I first need to admit to you, this is not my first time at...

January 10, 2012

Emergence and Indie Rock

Listening to Sirius XMU at work provoked the following thoughts about about Indie Rock and...

December 2011

December 28, 2011

My Need For Emergent Village – Then and Now

Then - My Need For the Emergent Village By way of introduction, here is the...

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 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 05, 2011

Why I Am Emergent, Part 1: Conversation

As we start the new Emergent Village Voice blog, I want to launch into a...