Eden Parris …
In my 2006 trip to Australia, I met Eden Parris. He sent me this beautiful song of his recently, in response to a piece I wrote for Sojo.net. Enjoy!
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emergent AND baptist?
Some of the most creative people I meet in my travels are Baptists. All over the world you can find Baptist mission-workers doing creative and courageous work, often on a shoestring, expressing their devotion to God and neighbor. Thank God, not all Baptists can be stereotyped by the vocal, tense, and often reactionary minority who seem to grab headlines here in the US most often ... far from it. Consider this piece by William Lloyd Allen...
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Capitalism: A Love Story …
Grace and I went to see it last night. It's very much worth seeing.
Mike Todd offers some interesting responses here.
I found Michael Moore's reflections on Jesus and Capitalism especially interesting - resonant with my chapters on Theo-capitalism in EMC.
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Archbishop Rowan Williams gets it right on … life
An amazing article and speech on the ecological crisis and more here ... In this address, Archbishop Rowan Williams exemplifies the kind of theological mind and heart that I believe are central to "a new kind of Christianity."
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A Christmas Sermon Series …
A while back I received a note from a pastor in South Africa (Thanks, Peter!) who is using Secret Message of Jesus (which is on sale at amazon for $6!) as the basis for a series of sermons leading up to the Christmas Season. I'll include their outline after the jump ... You can get other ideas for using my books in sermon series here....
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