New Intro, Old Podcast with Kiva founder
Here’s a link to remixed podcast between Josh Brown and Kiva founder from back in 2007. Nick and I do a new intro for it which is pretty hilarious (as usual). Old notes about it: “IT WAS BOUND to...
View ArticleHaiti: Abduction, Adoption, or Arrogance?
Some friends and I have been pondering on my Facebook profile about the recent allegations of child trafficking in Haiti. Of course by now you would recognize the allegations that have been levied...
View ArticlePhilip Clayton vs. Academic Theology: The Postman Revisited
Philip Clayton equals Kevin Costner as epic hero. In recent conversations with Philip (listen to podcast here), and with others (see AAR 2009 or HBC podcast), Clayton has really begun to push against...
View ArticleLynn Hopkins: Choosing Sides
Here is another post by guest blogger Lynn Hopkins. Enjoy! The Unitarian Universalist Association has a program about standing up in the struggle for justice, for the inherent worth and dignity of all...
View ArticleNew Podcast: Brian McLaren on A New Kind of Christianity
This week we have Brian Mclaren back on for a record breaking 4th interview, which means we have interviewed him more than CNN. Nick does a great job with the interview, especially since I couldn’t be...
View ArticleDigitally Enhanced Worship Song
Can I implore someone to go with me on this and to use this song during a worship service, gathering, or curated space? I’m becoming convinced that until the church takes up the technologies of the age...
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9/11, Lectionary Readings, and the Challenge of Interfaith Living
Sometimes, lectionary readings just get it right. On September 11 as I was driving to HIEC I passed one of those famous church signs. It simply read: “There will come a judgment!” If I’m honest I was a...
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Christianity in America: When Winning Means Losing
Okay, okay, okay, we get it: church attendance is declining in America. Millennials are leaving the church in droves. Boomers find the paradox of their liberal lifestyles and their...
View ArticleFeel the Pain of the Injustice You See
Provokers! It turns out that justice never got advanced by anyone who tried to unsee/unhear/un-experience something that provoked their heart to compassion. Don’t go numb friends, not even comfortably...
View ArticleWhere were you on 9/11? Or was it 6/26?
Where were you on 9/11? Or: 4/4/1968 1/21/1969 1/28/1986 6/26/2015 As pretty serious meaning-makers, humans have a tendency and tradition of remembering where we were on dates of significance. We may...
View Article2016: The Year of We > Me
2016- The Year of the WE>Me Second Sunday After Christmas Holy Innocents’ Episcopal Church January 3, 2016 Well, the new year is here. Have you made your commitments? Have you decided on your...
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Sundays & Weekdays: When the Message of Jesus Challenges the Medium of the...
If you have ever heard me talk on religion and social media, you will know I am all-in on the prophetic-madness that was Marshall McLuhan. His signature phrase, “the medium is the message,” singularly...
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Learnings from Goings: The Ongoing Work of the Future-Oriented,...
Let’s get this straight right from the beginning: God’s mission has a church. There, I said it. Sure, someone else said it before, but it is important for me to claim. As a person who works at one of...
View ArticleThe Gospel of Augmented Reality: What Pokemon Go and the Jesus Movement Have...
It’s here. No, actually, it’s been here. This month Pokémon released it newest version of gaming-meets-community-meets-adventure. Pokemon Go, the newest, trendiest, most-culturally revolutionary game...
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Exodus Oil: Keep Your Soul Planted
There’s something about the smell of conflicted freedom to keep your soul planted in the now. Thistle Farms has created an oil that smells both like freedom and the pursuit there of. There are days,...
View ArticleLenten Practices: Small Shifts in Thinking Lead to Big Shifts in Acting
What if I told you that the smallest thing you could do to prepare yourself for serving God’s kingdom in the world was to give up using the term “outreach” for Lent? What if I suggested that the small...
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