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A New Kind Of Christianity – Book Review Question 1

Title: Brian McLaren’s, A New Kind Of Christianity, Ten Questions That Are Transforming The Faith. Disclaimer: I think it is important to begin with a disclaimer for this book because I cannot deny that Brian has been somewhat of a mentor for me, if only through his writings.  I have had the opportunity to meet and interview him and I …

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A New Kind Of Christianity – Initial Thoughts

I finally finished Brian McLaren’s new book, A New Kind Of Christianity, Ten Questions That Are Transforming The Faith.  I wanted to wait until I had read it until I made an remarks about it.  I’m planning on writing a fairly developed book review next week, but I wanted to begin with some initial thoughts. My first thought after closing …

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Love Wins

One of my very good friends, Dave Everly wrote this song.  Hope you like it.

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Transform Round Table Episode 01

The first Transform Network Podcast is finally here. The official name is the Transform Round Table.  The first dialog was on missional.  This was one of the funnest things I’ve done this year and I really look forward to the next one in March. Click here to add the Podcast to your iTunes.

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Update Your RSS Feed

Friends, Unfortunately my RSS feed got screwed up when I deleted my blog. Please update your RSS feed again if you still want to see my posts in your Reader. Much Love Jonathan

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The Search For Validation

What do you do when the thing that worked once before, no longer works? A central part of the Adventurous Way is understanding the root problem in the self. At the root of the human condition is the drive to validate the self through human means.  We search for something to answer the underlying question.  Are we good or evil?  …

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What Are Your Sure Of

This caught my attention.  [RSS - See Embedded Video] The question is: What are you sure of? What would you add?

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Hitting The Wall With Emergence

I want to weigh in on the dust up over the emerging church.  I’ve already asked if the emerging church is dying or maturing but I want to address the several posts that have revealed some tension.  The original post, I think began with Tall Skinny Kiwi, with a great response by Danielle Shroyer. But then Jeremy Bouma responded with …

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Wrestling With Words

What do we do when the words we’ve been given no longer mean what they used to mean? My friend Kathy Escobar sat down with her friend John to explore the word, “Christian”.   John has come to the point where he can no longer use the word as a good means of identification for himself.  The dissonance between what the …

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The TransFORM Missional Roundtable

Over the last 9 months I’ve been working with Steve Knight and so many great people in the development of the TransFORM Network. It’s a missional community formation network.  It birthed out of the idea of taking the conversation to another level.  As part of the networks development we’re creating a new podcast called the TransFORM Round Table.  The idea …

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