Reviews of Everything Must Change
Christian Author Urges Believers to Focus on Big Issues, By Eileen Flynn, November 14th, 2007
Brian McLaren, Emergent Church Godfather, Descends on Austin, by Eileen Flynn, November 12th, 2007
Video of Brian introducing his book in Austin on Statesmen.com.
Interviews about Everything Must Change
Why Everything Must Change: A Conversation with Brian McLaren by Jon Stanley, The Other Journal, October 15th, 2007.
Emerging Star: RBL Talks with Brian McLaren. by Jana Riess, Religion Book Line Publisher's Weekly, July 2007.
The Wittenburg Door Interview with Brian McLaren, by Becky Garrison. May/June 2007.
Precipice Magazine, Thoughts on Eschatology, Diversity, Criticism and More by Darren King
Blog Reviews for Everything Must Change
Bob Carlton at The Corner, has written several posts on EMC, including reviews of the three systems discussed in the book: the prosperity system, the equity system, and the security system. He also posted a reflection before the book was released.
Missional Methodist Movement Blog, book review part 1
Hackman's Musings Blog book review part 1
Nicholas Fielder's Blog - Book Review
Rick Diamond Review
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Fall 2007 Update
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Fall 2007
Hi, friends ...
The big news for me this fall is the October 2 release of Everything Must Change: Jesus, Global Crises, and a Revolution of Hope. It should be available at all bookstores and online booksellers; Barnes and Noble has made a special commitment to the book for which I'm grateful.
If you enjoy the book and post a review, that would be great. We have posted some reviews so far on this site, and we'll try to link to some of the thoughtful reviews, positive and negative, down the road a bit.
And you'll find a lot of materials - from sermon outlines, to a note to readers - elsewhere on the site, and at deepshift.org
A CD of some of my original music should be on November 1st, 2007 - put together by some wonderful musicians and friends. Check out restorationvillage.com to pre-order or listen to some samples.
In February, the Everything Must Change Tour will begin. We'll be in eleven cities - and I hope that I'll get to meet many of you. You can get information and register (please do so soon!) at deepshift.org. The hosts are working hard to make each site a great experience, and we're finalizing plans for a truly meaningful and inspiring schedule.
I'm grateful to my daughter Rachel for her work on the site redesign here. She's put up a lot of resources, some that were previously lost in cyberspace and others that are new. Thanks, Rachel!
Between now and year's end, I'll be in New York, Nashville, Denver, LA, San Diego, Chicago, San Francisco, Vancouver, Seattle, Dallas, Portland, Germany, and Boston - so please check out the schedule and come say hi. And stay tuned, because we might squeeze in a couple other cities too.
Thanks, friends, for your interest and support. We're on an adventure together, and much is at stake. Thanks be to God for guidance, peace, strength, courage, and hope - and the chance to make a difference.
This fall, may we all shut down our computers and put down our books as often as possible, so we can get out of doors and savor the beauty of the season - when God's trees paint a message of glory and joy, when tart apples and frosty mornings wake up our senses, and when pumpkin pies and crackling fireplaces add new meaning to the word "good." Amen?
Plotting hope -
Brian
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Follow-up Reading for Everything Must Change
Here are some of the books that I believe would most strongly compliment a reading of EMC, listed under each crisis. Some of these books hadn’t been published when I was writing EMC, which explains why a few aren’t referenced in the text. There are so many excellent books that it’s hard to limit a list like this to thirty or so, but here’s a go:
Prosperity Dysfunction: The Crisis of the Planet
Deep Economy, Bill McKibbin
Beyond Growth, Herman Daly
Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor, Leonardo Boff
Lost Mountain, Eric Reece
Serve God, Save the Planet, Matthew Sleeth
Equity Dysfunction: The Crisis of Poverty
The Moral Measure of the Economy, Chuck Collins and Mary Wright
The End of Poverty, Jeffrey Sachs
A Framework for Understanding Poverty, Ruby Payne
High Noon, J. F. Rischard
Justice in the ‘Burbs, Will and Lisa Samson
The Real Wealth of Nations, Riane Eisler
The Great Turning, David Korten
Security: The Crisis of Peace
Beyond Gandhi, David Cortwright
War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, Chris Hedges
One Church Many Tribes, Richard Twiss
Living in Color, Randy Woodley
Gracism, David Anderson
Palestine Peace Not Apartheid, Jimmy Carter
The Beloved Community, Charles Marsh
Spirituality: The Crisis of Purpose
Hope in Troubled Times, Goudzewaard, Vander Vennen, Van Heemst
Colossians Remixed, Brian Walsh and Sylvia Keesmaat
Lost Message of Jesus, Steve Chalke and Alan Mann
Christianity and the Social Crisis in the 21st Century, Paul and Walter Rauschenbusch
God and Empire, Dominic Crossan
The Powers That Be, Walter Wink
The Great Awakening (coming soon) and God’s Politics, Jim Wallis
The Irresistible Revolution, Shane Claiborne
They Walked in the Spirit, Douglas Strong
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Everything Must Change Release Note
I’m thrilled to report that the first edition of Everything Must Change is available from Thomas Nelson. I hope you’ll get a copy and jump in as soon as possible.
Before you read:
Most people get more out of a book when they read intentionally – when they plunge into a book aggressively looking for something they want or need to know. I’d suggest you launch into this book with primary questions like these in mind:
1. What can I learn from this book about how the world works?
2. What can I learn from this book about Jesus and his message?
3. What can I learn from this book about my life – ways that I have been “conformed to this world” and now need to become a constructive nonconformist?
Here are some secondary questions that could also help you engage with EMC as a conscious, intentional reader:
1. What in this book do I agree with and believe, and what do I disagree with and doubt?
2. Who would enjoy or benefit from reading this book and dialoguing about it with me?
3. So what? What difference will this book make in how I think, pray, read, worship, shop, discard, plan, vote, work, play, rest, dream, and live?
At the end of each chapter, you can respond to the Group Dialogue Questions on your own, of course, but I encourage you to join a reader’s group at gather.com or other online networking sites, or better yet, to create a reading group in your own neighborhood or faith community.
In spite of the best efforts of author, editors, and proofreaders, a few typos and mistakes always seem to betray our pursuit of editorial perfection. As we find substantive mistakes (click here if you find one not listed here), we’ll add them to this list, and they’ll be corrected in future editions.
1. At the bottom of page 1, the website should be brianmclaren.net.
18. The first sentence should read, “It was May 2004.”
302. Chapter 3 note 2: should be “Gabriel Salguero.”
305. Note 13 – URL should be "… peaceplan.htm."
307. Note 8 – should be “Gary Haugen.”
310. Chapter 12 note 1, change to, "Recalling the puzzle lid image
from the previous chapter …"
323. Note 5 – drop dollar signs in front of "3 or 4 billion"
324. Note 8 at bottom, change "ambata.org" to "tradeasone.org."
The purpose of this book, in the long run, is to encourage people to faith and action, which in turn can make seemingly impossible change not only possible, but inevitable. Thanks for your help in spreading the message of Everything Must Change.
Brian McLaren
Follow-up Reading:
Here are some of the books that I believe would most strongly compliment a reading of EMC, listed under each crisis. Some of these books hadn’t been published when I was writing EMC, which explains why a few aren’t referenced in the text. There are so many excellent books that it’s hard to limit a list like this to thirty or so, but here’s a go:
Prosperity Dysfunction: The Crisis of the Planet
Deep Economy, Bill McKibbin
Beyond Growth, Herman Daly
Cry of the Earth, Cry of the Poor, Leonardo Boff
Lost Mountain, Eric Reece
Serve God, Save the Planet, Matthew Sleeth
Equity Dysfunction: The Crisis of Poverty
The Moral Measure of the Economy, Chuck Collins and Mary Wright
The End of Poverty, Jeffrey Sachs
A Framework for Understanding Poverty, Ruby Payne
High Noon, J. F. Rischard
Justice in the ‘Burbs, Will and Lisa Samson
The Real Wealth of Nations, Riane Eisler
The Great Turning, David Korten
Security: The Crisis of Peace
Beyond Gandhi, David Cortwright
War is a Force That Gives Us Meaning, Chris Hedges
One Church Many Tribes, Richard Twiss
Living in Color, Randy Woodley
Gracism, David Anderson
Palestine Peace Not Apartheid, Jimmy Carter
The Beloved Community, Charles Marsh
Spirituality: The Crisis of Purpose
Hope in Troubled Times, Goudzewaard, Vander Vennen, Van Heemst
Colossians Remixed, Brian Walsh and Sylvia Keesmaat
Lost Message of Jesus, Steve Chalke and Alan Mann
Christianity and the Social Crisis in the 21st Century, Paul and Walter Rauschenbusch
God and Empire, Dominic Crossan
The Powers That Be, Walter Wink
The Great Awakening (coming soon) and God’s Politics, Jim Wallis
The Irresistible Revolution, Shane Claiborne
They Walked in the Spirit, Douglas Strong
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