Anglimergent

February 6, 2008

After noticing that insane and overwhelming popularity of presbymergent, Karen Ward is behind the efforts in the recent launch of a similar group for Anglicans: Anglimergent. Anglimergent has launched as a “relational network of Anglicans engaging emerging church and mission.” Anglimergent.ning.com (live now) is a peer2peer site for deep conversations among emerging Anglican practitioners of [...]

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Julie Clawson on the Kingdom of God

January 30, 2008

This post is part of an ongoing guest blogger series on the kingdom of God.

Today, we will hear from Julie Clawson:
The Kingdom of God is like a well-cooked Italian meal. Now it might seem a bit strange to start off a reflection comparing the Kingdom of God to Italian food, but I recently stumbled upon [...]

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Brian McLaren on the Kingdom of God

January 14, 2008

This post is part of an ongoing guest blogger series on the kingdom of God.

Today, we will hear from Brian McLaren:
The good news of the Kingdom of God is, according to Matthew, Mark, and Luke, the Gospel. John would agree - although he translates the phrase “kingdom of God” to “life of the ages” or [...]

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Brian McLaren & Jim Wallis at Princeton Seminary

January 8, 2008

As part of Princeton Theological Seminary’s Spring Book Club Series, both Jim Wallis and Brian McLaren will be at Princeton Seminary during April of 2008. Jim Wallis will be speaking about his book, The Great Awakening: Reviving Faith and Politics in a Post-Religious Right America on April 10th from 6.30–8.30pm (register here) and Brian McLaren [...]

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Tony Jones on the Kingdom of God

January 7, 2008

This post is part of an ongoing guest blogger series on the kingdom of God.

Today, we will hear from Tony Jones:
Maybe you’ve seen this before: some well-meaning evangelist spray-paints “jesus is the answer” on the side of a railroad bridge. Then some smart aleck comes by later and adds “so what’s the question?”
It seems to [...]

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The Kingdom of God

January 4, 2008

The kingdom of God is a topic that I have been interested in for quite awhile, and I thought it would be interesting to start reflecting on it on my blog more. To begin that, I’ve decided to invite a host of guest bloggers to post their reflections on the kingdom of God here on [...]

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A Pomomusings Year in Review

January 1, 2008

It’s a New Year, and while I’m a few days behind others, I thought I should follow suit and write a “Year in Review” post.
Highlights from the Walker Cleavelands

We became a one car family.
Sarah and I went to one of the best concerts I’ve ever been to: Billy Joel in Atlanta.
We experienced one of Atlanta’s [...]

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Tom Brokaw and NBC Miss the Boat

December 6, 2007

I’m a little late with this, but some of you may not have watched the segment on NBC Nightly News featuring the emerging church movement (more detailed interview with the pastor can be found here). Tom Brokaw (my oh my is he looking old!) did the segment, and after watching it, I have some thoughts [...]

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Can presbymergent Save the PC(USA)?

November 21, 2007

Presbymergent has continued to gain steam, and more and more people have begun to connect with it (we’re over 200 on our Facebook group and we have 199 contributors on the website). I’ve found it’s a very odd phenomenon to watch something that I helped to start grow bigger than I had initially expected. I [...]

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Mark Driscoll Quoted Me

November 9, 2007

A Facebook friend sent me a message to let me know that Mark Driscoll had referenced pomomusings in his chapter, “The Church and the Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World” in the new book coming out, “The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World.” You can download the PDF here, and then search for [...]

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