a good story from colorado …

Check out this story from my friend and musical collaborator, Tracy Howe ...

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The most important book of the year … arrived today

My advance copy of Phyllis Tickle's The Great Emergence arrived in the mail today. It is a treasure. Here's the endorsement I wrote for it:

The Great Emergence offers a sweeping overview of church history and locates us in a moment of great opportunity and challenge. To some, this analysis will come as a rude awakening, and to others, as a dream coming true. My hunch is that this will be one of the most important books of the year, and will shape the conversation among a wide range of Christians for years to come.

I highly, highly, highly recommend this book. It's deep, rich, provocative ... and really well written. It will release soon, and is available for pre-order now.
Now going from sublime to hilarious ... I also just read Nadia Bolz-Weber's book Salvation on the Small Screen. Nadia watched TBN for 24 hours straight in the company of some interesting friends, and the book records their responses. It's edifying in a "sarcastic-Lutheran" kind of way, but even more, it's the kind of book to just plain cheer you up. The guy next to me on a Southwest flight the other day leaned over and had to ask me what was so funny ...

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Hope Video …

The good people at hopeinfo.co.uk just posted a video I had the privilege of being part of. You can view it here ...

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political reflections …

I posted some of my reflections on last night's RNC speeches here ...
More to come ...
In the meantime, Jon Stewart once again trumps "serious" journalists ...

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Some upcoming events …

Lots of good things happening in the next few months -
1. Emergent Village is promoting four important events this fall ...
* 2008-10-22 The 2008 Emergent Theological Conversation: Reclaiming Paul
* 2008-11-06 Worship in a Postmodern Accent
* 2008-11-08 Emergent Mid-Atlantic Conference
* 2008-12-05 The Great Emergence National Event
You can get information at emergentvillage.com
2. Pete Rollins (author of How (Not) to Speak of God and The Fidelity of Betrayal) has recently announced that he is planning a US speaking tour in January-February 2009 entitled "Lessons in Evandalism." This tour offers a unique opportunity to hear about Pete's latest thinking as he travels around the East Coast offering a cocktail of sermons, seminars, story-telling, facilitated discussions and workshops (in advance of two new books). He will be starting at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan on the 27th January 2009 and will finish up in New York City on the 20th February 2009. The tour aims to incorporate a diverse mix of universities, seminaries, street corners, churches, coffee shops and conferences. If you would be open, able and interested in inviting Pete to visit with you then contact Alyson McElroy Jones (pinkfly@inbox.com) for more details.
3. You can access a schedule of my events here ...

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