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August 2011

August 05, 2011

The Book Is about to Drop!

Here's the cover of my next book, coming next week. Thanks to Courtney for the...

August 01, 2011

The Emergent Church: Everyone’s Favorite Whipping Boy

I mosied over to the fellow Patheos blogger, Roger Olson's blog, and there found a...

July 2011

July 25, 2011

Disappointed with Emergent?

It turns out that David Fitch is disappointed with the Emergent/ing/ence Church Movement (ECM). Well,...

March 2011

March 08, 2011

Download the Chapter Deemed "Too Gay" for the Baptimergent Book

Homebrewed Christianity is making available a PDF of Brian Ammon's chapter on sexuality, a chapter...

January 2011

January 27, 2011

Which Missional Church?

I was asked this week to answer the question, What is the "Missional Church"? And...

January 24, 2011

John Bohannon Responds to My Review at Jesus Creed

John Bohannon has taken to Scot McKnight's blog to respond to a critical review of...

December 2010

December 09, 2010

Photo in Need of a Caption

What do you suppose I was saying that had The Tickle aghast and BMac scrolling...

December 07, 2010

An xtranormal Test of Christian Orthodoxy

So, others are posting the pretty damn funny spoof of emergent on xtranormal, but I...

December 06, 2010

Highlights from the Emerging Christianity Event in Fort Worth

On the same weekend that the "Outlaw Preachers" were gathering in Memphis, I was part...

November 2010

November 08, 2010

God Loves Jay Bakker (in NY Magazine)

A nice piece on one of my best friends. (I've read the manuscript of Jay's...

November 06, 2010

Preaching & The Emerging Church: A Review

The opening of my review here. Click over to Scot's site below to read the...

October 2010

October 09, 2010

No Conversions in the Emergent Church?

If that's what you've heard, then you really should check out the fascinating post from...

September 2010

September 02, 2010

What Does Phyllis Tickle Think about Emergence Now?

The Faith & Leadership project of Duke Divinity School has posted a video and transcript...

August 2010

August 31, 2010

Jana Riess Asks, "Can a Mormon Be an Emergent Christian?"

I'll admit, I don't know many Mormons. In fact, Jana is one of the few...

August 23, 2010

Are You a "Hipster Christian"?

Well, supposedly I am, being that Brett McCracken devotes chapter seven, in the heart of...

August 11, 2010

An Authoritative Bibliography on Emergent Christiantity by Phyllis Tickle

At ExploreFaith, Phyllis has put together a thorough list of the most interesting and helpful...

June 2010

June 29, 2010

Pastorboy Embarrasses Minnesota (Again)

My long-time nemesis, John "Pastorboy" Chisham, made the news here in the north land for...

June 02, 2010

God Is Not Emergent

I had the unhappy experience of listening to yet another online conversation yesterday in which...

May 2010

May 03, 2010

Dissertation Table of Contents

Here it is so far. You can tell how far I've gotten when the chapter...

April 2010

April 30, 2010

Emergent's Charism

Earlier this week I asked what you, dear reader, considered to be the charism of...

April 29, 2010

A Chat with Philip Clayton

One of the great joys of the last year of my life has been forging...

April 27, 2010

What Is Emergent's Charism to the Church?

Yesterday, I posted about the Lifecycle(s) of Emergence(s), on the same day that two important...

April 26, 2010

Lifecycle(s) of Emergence(s)

Thanks to Bob Carlton, peruser of all things wonderful on the Interwebs, this fantastic piece...

April 21, 2010

McLaren Weighs in on Emergent's Whiteness

Brian McLaren, whom I tongue-in-cheekedly referred to as the White Crayon in Chief last week,...

April 11, 2010

Emergent's White Problem

For those who are just joining the conversation, here's a brief: Soong-Chan Rah wrote about...

April 09, 2010

Responding to Charges of Racism

I appreciate all of the thoughtful responses to yesterday's post, "Is Sojourners for Straights Only?" ...

April 06, 2010

Is Sojourners for Straights Only?

That's the first thing I thought of when I saw an advertisement for the new...

March 2010

March 09, 2010

More Satire from Rick Bennett

Rick Bennett has taken his satire to a new level with this piece, imagining an...

March 01, 2010

Pentecostalism and Emergence: Discerning the Spirit

More about my reflections in advance of the Society for Pentecostal Studies at which I...

February 2010

February 18, 2010

Some Perspective on the Death of Emergent

This week and next, I'm preparing for my address to the Society for Pentecostal Studies...