Phyllis Tickle was at Fuller Seminary for a talk about her new book "The Age of the Spirit". She then came over to (a)Spire to have a pint with us. This was no ordinary pint! Tripp brewed 'The Grain Emergence: a 500 year rummage ale'. We do some Q & R with Phyllis - then Barry Taylor … Read more about Phyllis Tickle LIVE 3D & Au Contraire Mon Frère II
The Authority Question – Pentecostals & Methodists
Last week, at the Phyllis Tickle event, the ‘authority question’ came up, as it will/should whenever someone starts talking about ‘the Spirit’. I was sitting out in the audience for the Fuller Seminary part of the evening. A little debate/concern arose about the issue of authority - especially … Read more about The Authority Question – Pentecostals & Methodists
The Nones, The League & Death of the Nuclear Family
Jordan took his family to Disneyland this week, so Christian recruited his wife, Rev. Amy Piatt to co-host. They act pretty much like what you'd expect a married couple hosting a radio show together to act like, so that's kind of entertaining in itself. Then, after interviewing Shannon Moore, a … Read more about The Nones, The League & Death of the Nuclear Family
Phyllis Tickle on Emergence Christianity
Before the big event in Memphis to celebrate Phyllis and her book Emergence Christianity, Tripp got to chat with the first-lady of emergence. This is Phyllis at her best! As many of you know there was concern leading up the conference and controversy coming out of it. This interview we recorded … Read more about Phyllis Tickle on Emergence Christianity
Preferring the Past: Phyllis Tickle, Radical Orthodoxy and the Tea Party
There has a been an uproar this week over Phyllis Tickle’s closing comments at last weekend’s big emergent event in Memphis. It was a party to celebrate Phyllis and her book “Emergence Christianity”. Friend of the podcast, Julia Clawson (who was at the gathering) wrote an amazing reflection on … Read more about Preferring the Past: Phyllis Tickle, Radical Orthodoxy and the Tea Party
Is Advent Still Worth Doing? An Honest Question from Bo Sanders
This past Monday John Stewart did a very funny bit on the Daily Show about how Christmas has gotten so big that it is starting to take over other Holidays - what we used to call Thanksgiving is now ‘Black Thursday’ ... Watch out: you’re next Halloween! And in one sense, it is true. Christmas has … Read more about Is Advent Still Worth Doing? An Honest Question from Bo Sanders
Extremely White Male & Incredibly Homophobic
The news is wild these days! Its almost as if there is a cultural shift underway! Let me just highlight 4 news stories from the past week: 1) The Pope: Gay marriage threatens humanity’s future 2) Pastor Joel Osteen to Oprah: Homosexuality Is Sin — But Gay People Will Get Into … Read more about Extremely White Male & Incredibly Homophobic
David Fitch and the Great Emergence
I was on a long road trip over the past two weeks and one thing that was stuck in my head while I drove was an article by David Fitch. He is an Anabaptist and had just come back from an event with Phyllis Tickle. The part of his post that kept coming to mind was this: Phyllis sees a Christianity … Read more about David Fitch and the Great Emergence
Bo’s Big concern about the future of the church
Two weeks ago I had the opportunity to go to an event at Fuller Seminary where Phyllis Tickle, Lauren Winner and Tony Jones were speaking. During the Q & R time I asked this question: When you look at attendance rates across the board, the atrocious rate that we are losing young people … Read more about Bo’s Big concern about the future of the church
Richard Rohr on Action and Contemplation: Homebrewed Christianity 41
This week on Homebrewed Christianity, Fr. Richard Rohr discusses the Emerging Church, and the upcoming conference with Brian McLaren, Phyllis Tickle, and Shane Claiborne at his Center for Contemplation and Action. We talk about the relationship between contemplation and action. Fr. Rohr says that … Read more about Richard Rohr on Action and Contemplation: Homebrewed Christianity 41
Chad’s Blogolutions
With the upcoming launch of the new Homebrewed Christianity website comes my new blogging endeavor. Since Tripp posted his blogolutions, I thought it would be fitting for my first post to include my own. Blog Tripp has chosen a question, a Gospel, a theologian, and a doctrine for the year. I think … Read more about Chad’s Blogolutions