Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove and Shane Claiborne do those of us who struggle to live the life of an ordinary radical a favor in their new book “Becoming the Answer to Our Prayers: Prayer for Ordinary Radicals.”  In this inspirational feast of stories, prayers from church history, and biblical invitations to prayer this dynamic neo-monastic duo encourages [...]

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Phyllis Tickle’s newest book is being blogged about all over the place, so I thought I would link to some of my favorite posts and\or comment streams under the posts and then throw out some observations or questions that ran through my mind as I read through the book.  I read the book in one [...]

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\”Why We Fail to See God\”
This is the audio from my sermon a couple weeks ago in California.  Since it is only 15 minutes I like to think of it as a ’spiritual reflection,’ because I tend on other occassions to just be getting started.  Then again it was good enough to get me a [...]

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Mark Scandrette, co-founder of Reimagine, member of Seven, and author of Soul Graffiti, joins us this week with a podcast that is as cool and inspiring as San Fran.  Chad got to talk with Mark in his home, so I had to listen to it in envy.  I really enjoyed meeting Mark when he came [...]

 

 Mark Scandrette wants you to Graffiti your Soul: Homebrewed Christianity ep.25 [47:15m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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Soon Aleica, Elgin, and I will be in California.  I would write more about it but I am tired from boxing up all my books, so you will have to go to Alecia’s blog for all the info and pictures.  Who knows how blogging will work before we move in but the podcasts will be [...]

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Phyllis Tickle’s newest book, “The Great Emergence,” just came out and it is worth the wait.  It was one of the books I pre-ordered on amazon, so its arrival was a welcome surprise.  I have been looking forward to this book since I first met Phyllis and her husband Sam at an event put on [...]

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This week we are joined by Heath White, professor of Philosophy at UNCW, where we get a listener friendly introduction to postmodernity.  On top of teaching philosophy, Heath is a committed Christian who wrote a book for his minister brother-in-law to help him understand postmodernism.  The book, Postmodernism 101: A First Course for the Curious [...]

 

 Postmodernism 101 with Heath White: Homebrewed Christianity ep. 24 [40:52m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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This quote is from the end of “Adventure of Ideas” and edited by Cobb:
Peace is primarily a trust in the efficacy of Beauty.  This trust in self-justification of Beauty introduces faith, where reason fails to reveal the details.  And this trust finally comes as a gift.  The gift of trust comes largely beyond the control [...]

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God of the promise
who liberates us from bondage
who brings us home from exile
who reconciles us in-spite of our estrangement
and is vulnerable in hope of embrace
May we find you
at work in our world
present in our relationships
calling us into your new life
We want to find
but not all of us do
give us the courage to seek
patience to endure
and [...]

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This week we are joined by Fred Burnham, Senior Fellow of the Institue of Servant Leadership. He describes his experience on 9\11 at Trinity Church Wall St. where he was with Rowan Williams and the ensuing ministry that took place at St. Paul’s Chapel right in front of the Twin Towers.  Having met Fred at [...]

 

 9\11 & the Emerging Church with Fred Burnham: Homebrewed Christianity ep. 23 [32:58m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

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