The New Christians: A Review
March 10, 2008
UPDATE: Book giveaway. I have 4 copies of “The New Christians” to send to the first four people who email me with a picture of Tony’s footwear of choice while he’s on the road.
Prior to reading The New Christians, I have always told everyone that Pete Rollins’s How (Not) to Speak of God has been [...]
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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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Justice in the Burbs: A Review
October 22, 2007
I can’t remember when I first met Will Samson, though it may have been at one of the first Emergent Conventions. Since then, he and I have crossed paths numerous times (Princeton Seminary, Yale Divinity School, Emergent Cohorts and other conferences). He and his wife have recently co-written a book entitled Justice in the Burbs. [...]
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Signs of Emergence: A Review
October 10, 2007
I have been looking forward to reading Kester Brewin’s Signs of Emergence for a long time. The subtitle alone made me excited to see what he had to say: “A Vision for a Church that is Organic / Networked / Decentralized / Bottom-up / Communal / Flexible / Always Evolving.” When I look at my [...]
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Presbymergent Polity 101: Worship, Sacraments and (Dis)Order
October 6, 2007
Many of you know that I will be presenting the following workshop at the Always Reforming: Emergence in the Presbyterian Church Conference in a week (it’s not too late to register).
Presbymergent Polity 101: Worship, Sacraments and (Dis)Order
Many view the Book of Order as a rigid, rule-focused guide for saying more about what one “can’t” do [...]
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Always Reforming: Presbymergent Conference
September 25, 2007
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I’d like to encourage you to attend the 2007 Presbymergent Conference, “Always Reforming: Emergence in the Presbyterian Church.”
It’s not too late to sign up for the event. It’s going to be held at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary on October 12-13. I’m going to be there presenting a workshop and we’ll hear from [...]
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Organic Community: A Review
September 4, 2007
I met Joe Myers a few years ago at an Emergent event and have enjoyed getting to know him since then, as we’ve run into each other a couple times and as I’ve had the chance to read both of his great books, The Search to Belong (short review here) and his newest book, Organic [...]
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PC(USA) Has $20,000 in Funding for Emergent Churches
August 27, 2007
Sherry Britton in the New Church Development office of the Presbyterian Church (USA) in Louisville has asked some folks to share the following exciting news, especially for our presbymergent friends:
The director of Evangelism has just found $20,000 in his budget designated for emergent churches. He would like to receive proposals for the use of the [...]
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The Nick and Josh Podcast
July 5, 2007
I don’t know if you all know about the Nick and Josh Podcast, but if you don’t, and you like listening to podcasts, you’re missing out. I’ve never met Nick, but I got to know Josh a bit while I was in Atlanta, and he and his wife Anna are really wonderful. Somehow, Josh and [...]
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What is church?
June 4, 2007
Question 6: What is church?
Past “What is…” Posts:
Question 1: What is the gospel? | Response
Question 2: What is truth? | Response
Question 3: What is evangelism? | Response
Question 4: What is prayer? | Response
Question 5: What is theology? | Response
[For more information on what to do with this post - go here and here.]
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