This is half joking. Half. Actually, after going back and rereading this, less than half. Accusations have been tossed, rather frequently at times, that emergent was comprised of mostly the hipster generation of pseudo intellectuals trying to retain a bit of their religious background while still continuing to buck the system as their non-religious fellows [...]
There’s a couple things I want to mention before I start. First, since my posts now go to facebook as notes, I’ve gotten some more personal responses from people that didn’t read my blog previously but have been following me since I started moving into the facebook area as well. To these people, and to [...]
I bought Bertrand Russel’s “Why I Am Not a Christian” today. I had gone in looking for some Kierkegaard and a book of logic puzzles (they’re calming for me), I think I shocked myself with the selection I walked out with. (I did get the logic puzzle book though) Why would I pick up “Why [...]
Sin is an interesting topic, but one that I haven’t really given much thought to over the past two years. I’d be ok with admitting it’s one of those subjects I give less thought to than I should, probably because the upbringing I came from put much more thought into it than they should. I [...]
Over the next four Wednesday’s (starting this upcoming Wednesday, the 22nd) I’ll be participating in and speaking (on a panel with other speakers) in the Ancient Future Emerging Jesus seminar(s). If you live in the Atlanta area please consider joining us, the event will be held at Unity North in Marietta, and promises to be [...]
Today’s post is on “Failure to be the change”, part one was on “Worship“, and part two was on “Apologetics” A few years ago I went to a Passion concert thingy. It was back when Louie Giglio was still the 7:22 guy, and Passion was a once a year thing. They had recorded this CD [...]
This Tuesday, at 8:00 PM, several of us will be gathering at Johnnie MacCrackens in Marietta to explore the Parables of “The Orthodox Heretic” together. No need to have a copy of the book for the group, though you’ll certainly want one for yourself! Every third Tuesday after this, the group will meet and continue [...]
It’s been a crazy day, we’ve heard lots of voices chime in on the “Disappointed Emergent” issue, it’s been a bit overwhelming to see them all. I’ve done my best to read through them, as well as the subsequent comments, and I’ve come to the conclusion this conversation was necessary. It was needed. That does [...]
So, every few months we manage to find one post and it creates some massive waves around the emergent/ing blogosphere. We (at this point in time I speak for emergenT) seem to really like the posts that have to do with emergent dying. I wrote one of those myself (unfortunetely all the comments were lost [...]
I have the pleasure of being part of quite an interesting cohort. While I imagine (and based of my experiences at a second cohort I’ve been to a few times) most cohorts are, at least theologically, progressive in nature, several of the attendees at the cohort I’m a part of are more conservative in nature. [...]