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February 2010

February 08, 2010

Emergence NOW Recap

Last week, I had the pleasure of presenting -- alongside Phyllis Tickle, Bruce Reyes-Chow, and...

January 2010

January 29, 2010

What Do Emergence and Pentecostalism Have to Learn from One Another?

That's the question I will attempt to answer in March when I deliver a paper...

January 28, 2010

Zach Lind is "Emo" and "Emergent"…or Is He?

For all of us who fret about such labels, Zach has a good word: In...

January 07, 2010

cheaper than therapy

Rick Bennett is at his sardonic best: MINNEAPOLIS — The Emerging Church, the controversial Christian...

December 2009

December 30, 2009

Lonnie Frisbee and the Non-Demise of the Emerging Church

Well, it seems that my long-time friend and occasional sparring partner, Andrew Jones (TSK), has...

November 2009

November 18, 2009

Are Baptists Softening on the Emerging Church?

This one is: Some critics see the emerging church movement as a heretical compromise with...

November 18, 2009

Books I've Worked On Recently – Part Three

The last book to mention in this little series is Manifold Witness: The Plurality of...

October 2009

October 20, 2009

Why You Should Get GENERATE

Last week at Christianity21, GENERATE Magazine debuted. With the tag line, "an artifact of the...

October 20, 2009

Ending Christian Euphemisms: “Unbiblical”

In our attempt to exterminate Christian euphemisms from our vocabulary, Nathan nominated thusly: "Unbiblical" when...

October 16, 2009

Looking Back on Christianity21

As other bloggers have noted, putting the Christianity21 experience into words is nearly impossible. In...

October 13, 2009

Christianity21 — It's All Over but the Shouting

Due to snow in the Twin Cities, several C21 participants got held over for another...

October 05, 2009

What, Exactly, Is an Evangelical?

Scot asked a good question last week: How come people who are clearly not evangelical...

October 02, 2009

Are Evangelicals (Slightly) Masochistic?

I was having a conversation with a friend about the evangelical interest in Jim Belcher's...

August 2009

August 06, 2009

A (Better) Taxonomy for the Emerging Church: The Innovators

I introduced Flory and Miller's book, Finding Faith: The Spiritual Quest of the Post-Boomer Generation,...

August 03, 2009

A New (and Better) Taxonomy for the Emergent Church

I've been generally unhappy with the existing taxonomies of the emerging/-ent church movement that are...

July 2009

July 18, 2009

Emerging Scientology

It seems that the "Church" of Scientology has jumped on the marketing language of the...

July 07, 2009

Looking Back on Cornerstone: Phyllis Tickle's Emergence

My primary role at Cornerstone was co-presenting a three-part seminar with Phyllis Tickle, long-time friend...

June 2009

June 07, 2009

Death of Emergent Round-Up

Nick Fiedler: We didn't want Emergent to become the new club, but we wanted it...

June 05, 2009

So, You're Disappointed with Emergent…

Nick Fiedler is the latest to jump on the meme that emergent is fizzling, and...

May 2009

May 27, 2009

Unexpurgating the Lectionary (Bringing Judas Back)

In The New Christians, I wrote a section chastising liberals for censoring the Bible in...

May 16, 2009

Why Christianity21?

Next fall, Doug and I are hosting a learning party in the Twin Cities for...

May 14, 2009

Ordination: Housekeeping

I've faithfully read your comments, and John's post, and here are my rejoinders-by-bullet-point:Ontological Shibboleth: I've...

May 10, 2009

Reconsider Ordination. Now.

I've got a bunch of people upset at me for encouraging my friend, Adam Walker-Cleaveland,...

May 08, 2009

Let's Ordain Adam

My friend, Adam Walker-Cleaveland, has once again been thwarted in his attempt to be ordained...

May 07, 2009

Christianity21 Blogger & Networker Deal

At JoPa Productions we know how important leader networks and informal blog communities are for...

May 07, 2009

How Would You Introduce Phyllis Tickle?

That's the question that I tweeted yesterday. And then last night, before her talk, I...

April 2009

April 26, 2009

Pomomusings Is Talking Plurality

Adam has convened a great conversation at Pomomusings called Plurality 2.0. My friend, Phillip Clayton...

April 24, 2009

Fired for Forgiveness

Well, not exactly. Tad DeLay, a fan of things emergent, was a music pastor at...

April 21, 2009

Announcing Wikiklesia, Volume 2

From John La Grou: Volume Two of the Wikiklesia Project has been announced. Taking Flight: Reclaiming...

April 21, 2009

Fuller Seminary Offers D.Min. Credit…

D.Min. Students Take Note:Both of the events listed below are being offered for credit at...