Patheos is running a “Future of Religion“ series this summer that includes essays by people of a wide range of diverse faith traditions. I’m honored to have been asked to write an article for the “Future of Mainline Protestantism” section of this series. Here is the full list of contributors writing about the future of the [...]
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You are looking at Doug Pagitt’s next book, Church in the Inventive Age. It was found lost in The Local, an Irish bar in Minneapolis, close to the Minneapolis Convention Center, which just so happens to be where the PC(USA)’s 219th General Assembly is taking place right now. It’s not clear as to whether Doug [...]
This is Part 3 of “A Brief History of Presbymergent.” You can find Part 1 here and Part 2 here. Where does Presbymergent go now? But I don’t think that means people have stopped rethinking what it means to be church in the PC(USA) this past year. I continue to have folks contact me and [...]
This is Part 2 of “A Brief History of Presbymergent.” You can find Part 1 here and Part 3 here. Presbymergent’s Momentum Slows And then…well, I can’t really say. Ryan Kemp-Pappan walked away and went to the Disciples of Christ. Karen Sloan became Prior at Formation House. And me…? Well, I was having some ordination [...]
This is Part 1 of “A Brief History of Presbymergent.” You can find Part 2 here and Part 3 here. Earlier this week Mike Clawson posted a 50-page final paper he wrote for his studies at Austin Theological Seminary entitled “Loyal Radicals: The Intersection of Mainline Denominations and Emerging Christianity” (you can download a PDF [...]
I forgot what site I was on where I first saw this ad for George Fox Evangelical Seminary. Now, I have many friends who are alums of George Fox and I’m pretty sure I know some folks who have gone through the seminary program there. I love the fact that George Fox was founded by [...]
It’s Earth Day today and InterVarsity Press is celebrating by offering free Kindle edition copies of Julie Clawson‘s new book, “Everyday Justice.” Julie’s book is a great way that each of us can find daily ways that we can attempt to live sustainable lives that are pursuing a type of “everyday justice.” It’s a great [...]
[You can "click to continue" below so that you can pause the audioplayer] Yesterday afternoon I had the privilege of having a conversation with Andy Root on his LiveBlog about his newest book, “The Promise of Despair.” I knew Andy a bit from my time at Princeton Seminary, and have since been increasingly impressed with [...]
At its heart, the season of Advent is a four-week declaration that the God we follow has decided to be Emmanuel, God-with-us. This is not particular to Advent, as much of Scripture’s story tells us this same important truth. God was with Abraham and Sarah as they embarked into unfamiliar terrain toward a new promised [...]
During my last semester of seminary, I took a class called Pastor as Person, and one of the books we read was “Sex in the Parish” by Lebacqz & Barton. It really should be on everyone’s reading list if they are planning on going into parish ministry. It’s an old book – came out in [...]
