Anne Rice Quits Christianity
Anne Rice recently quit Christianity. I would argue that this is a significant moment in the cultural landscape of the Christian story. Anne is a novelist of significant repute, having sold over 130 million novels including, Interview With A Vampire. Anne was in many ways a celebrity Christian. She wrote gothic erotica and her return to the church was seen …
Scot McKnight Explores the Jesus Imagination
Scot McKnight wrote an interesting post called Imagine a World 2 that could easily be an intro into my book, Discovering The God Imagination: Reconstructing A Whole New Christianity. Scot says: Imagine a world, Jesus once told his followers, where lost people get found. Jesus told three such parables, we call them the lost sheep, the lost coin and the …
A Certainty That Leads To Love
I don’t like to defend my own certainty anymore. I’ve come to believe the notion of certainty is not the point. Recently a friend named Chad posted a note in Facebook defending certainty. Chad explores it based on Hebrews 11. Hebrews 11:1 – Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not …
Is Denying God Wrestling With God
I’m engaged in a conversation right now with some friends on Emergence. Its that little conversation that won’t seem to die, no matter how many people carve its gravestone. ;-P I have a friend who recently put up a blog site that is actively pushing the bounds, essentially denying what we would typically think of as orthodox Christianity. Yet at …
Greg Boyd Is On To Something
Greg Boyd tweeted the above tweet this morning. This is EXACTLY the argument I am making in my new book. Everything goes back to the tree. We cannot understand the Gospel, the mission of God and the cross without understanding what is happening with the tree.
Is Christianity A System Of Belief?
Earlier today I posted about Peter Senge, who said: “I think it’s because Buddhism presents itself as a way of life, and Christianity presents itself as a system of belief.” I posted it because in many ways it caught my attention. Sometimes perception is reality. We read Christianity primarily through the lens of belief as opposed to a way of …
Straight From The Horses Mouth
Len Hjalmarson quotes Brian McLaren and Peter Senge. “Why are books on Buddhism so popular, and not books on Christianity?” Brian, feeling somewhat on the spot, pushed the question back to Senge. Senge suggested his own answer: “I think it’s because Buddhism presents itself as a way of life, and Christianity presents itself as a system of belief. So I …
Christianity In Crisis
“Christianity is in crisis – and in a deeper crisis, in my view, than many Christians are allowing themselves to believe.” Top of the morning to you too. ;-P I woke up this morning and began reading Andrew Sullivan’s interesting perspective on Christianity. And I pick this out because Andrew represents for me the broader view of faith in America. …
Discovering The God Imagination
Well it’s finally time to release the big news. I’m finally publishing my book, Discovering The God Imagination, Reframing Suffering, Justice, and Reconciliation in the Gospel Story. This is arguably one of the biggest posts I’ve ever made. It feels weird, cool, fun, and scary all at the same time. Over the last year I’ve been working on what I …
An Interview With Doug Pagitt
Doug Pagitt and I sat down for a fun talk. I got to explore some of the background for my book. This happened just after the Transform Gathering.
