Brian's overview of the Bible is available as a podcast series here ...
Brian served as the founding pastor of Cedar Ridge Community Church from 1982-2006. You can listen to streaming audio of some of his sermons here. Scroll down and look for his name on the right hand side.
Brian spoke at the National Cathedral on February 17th, 2008. His message was entitled "Everything Must Change: The Radical Meaning of the Kingdom of God for Today's World." You can watch, listen, or download this Sunday Forum.
February 1st, 2008. Interview with NPR in Charlotte, NC. (Scroll down to February 1st.)
Emergent Village podcast with Brian McLaren and Karen Sloan. May 18th, 2007
Brian McLaren on Hope and Obstacles. This is the opening presentation of the 2007 Emergent Mainline conference at Columbia Theological Seminary.
January 2006. Part 1 Interview on Bleeding Purple Podcast and Part 2. By Leif Hansen of Bleeding Purple Blog.
Brian McLaren Speaks About a Christian Response to War. Emergent Village Podcast, August 12th, 2006.
Brian's Closing Address at the Emergent Conference in 2003. Emergent Village Podcast, September 2nd, 2003.
The Work of the People have three collections of Brian speaking about Justic, Power, & the Kingdom, The Worship Industry, and Jesus and the Kingdom. You can watch the streaming videos online for free or purchase the clips through their website.
Videos of Brain Reading excerpts from Everything Must Change on youtube
Reading 1: June 29, 2007
Reading 2: July 17, 2007
Reading 3: July 28th, 2007
Here on Earth radio broadcast What Would Jesus Drive?
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Danuta Otfinowski for TIME Magazine
Here is a collection of articles and interviews about Brian, his books, or his writings. They are in chronological order, with the most recent first. There are also podcasts you can watch or listen to. If you know of any others and would like to send them to us, please write info@brianmclaren.net. Thanks!
July/October 2008. Interview with Brian in Wineskins. By Joshua Graves.
July 28th, 2008. Brian McLaren on Anglicans, Mission, and Reconciliation, Christian Post, by Maria Mackay.
July 26th, 2008. Emergent Church Leader Brian McLaren on Lambeth, Mission, and Reconciliation, Christian Today.
March 2008. Publisher's Weekly Review of The Story we Find Ourselves In.
Brian McLaren's At It Again, Relevant Magazine, by Kayla Smith.
February 9th, 2008. Change is key to it all, author says, Dallas News.
February 6th, 2008. This Changes Everything: An Interview with Brian McLaren, by Melvin Bray
January 2008. Excerpts from Interview in the Charlotte Observer.
October 2007. Interview about Everything Must Change with Christianbooks.com.
October 15th, 2007. Why Everything Must Change: A Conversation with Brian McLaren by Jon Stanley, The Other Journal.
July 2007. Emerging Star: RBL Talks with Brian McLaren. by Jana Riess, Religion Book Line Publisher's Weekly.
May/June 2007. The Wittenburg Door Interview with Brian McLaren, by Becky Garrison.
2007. Thoughts on Eschatology, Diversity, Criticism and More, Precipice Magazine, by Darren King
September 10th, 2006.
Evangelical Author Puts Progressive Spin On Traditional Faith, by Carol Murphy. Washington Post.
May 2006. Brian McLaren on The DaVinci Code, Sojourners Magazine, by Lisa Ann Cockrel.
March/April 2006. Unless We Become Humble PeopleCircuit Rider Interview. (.pdf document)
March 2006. Criswell Theological Review Interview by R. Alan Streett. (pdf document)
Relevant Magazine, There's a Bigger Story: Brian McLaren, by Eric Hurtgen
A Generous, Not Suspicious, Orthodoxy. Homiletics Interview.
September 2005. Beliefnet.com Interview, Beyond Business-as-Usual Christianity, by Sherry Huang.
July 15th, 2005. Interview with Brian on PBS - Religion & Ethics Newsweekly. By Kim Lawton.
May 2005. Beyond Business-As-Usual Christianity, Beliefnet, by Sherry Huang.
April 2005. Fire Without Brimstone, Baltimore Sun, by Abigail Tucker. (pdf document)
February 5th, 2005. Transcript of Brian Mclaren on Larry King Live, as well as video clips.
February 7th, 2005. Top 25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America, Time Magazine.
October 15th, 2004. A Conversation with Brian McLaren, by Kevin Hendricks.
November 2004. The Emergent Mystique, Christianity Today, by Andy Crouch.
Read Brian's Annotation to The Emergent Mistique
Winter 2003. Kingdom Leadership in the Postmodern Era, Next Reformation, by Leonard Hjalmarson.
Dallas Morning News Interview, by Lesa Engelthaler
2003. An Interview about Christian Publishing and Postmodernity, CBA, by Sara Long.
Apocolypse Now: An interview with Brian McLaren about 'Return of the Kings' (Paul O'Donnell at Beliefnet.com)
July 2002. An Inteview with Brian McLaren by Earl Crepes, The Ooze.
May 2002. An Inteview with Brian McLaren by Fred Peatross, Grace Awakening.
May 2002. How to Evangelize Today: An Interview with Brian McLaren, Christianity Today.
Brian McLaren and Todd Hunter answer questions on Off The Map
10 Questions for Brian McLaren by Terry L. Heaton on thepomoblog.com
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Here are some of Brian's open letters and public responses to articles written about him.
A Friendly Note to My Critics, Summer 2006
A Note to Readers, April 2006
If we only had a song about... Brian's repsonse to questions from songwriters in England.
An Open Letter to Songwriters
An Unauthorized Postscript to An Open Letter to Songwriters, by John Mortensen
Brian's Annotation to The Emergent Mystique
An Open Letter to Chuck Colson
Chuck Colson's Response
A Letter to Friends of Emergent
Interview with Brian about A Letter to Friends of Emergent
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Everything Must Change: Jesus, Global Crisis, and a Revolution of Hope
This book in many ways is a sequel to The Secret Message of Jesus, although people can begin with either book. It asks two essential questions: What are the world's top crises, and what do the life and message of Jesus say to those global crises? I spent a few years researching the global crisis literature and tried to synthesize the best thinking on the subject. I developed a metaphor to help people understand global crises - a machine with four moving parts, corresponding to the four critical crises that create so much human suffering. Meanwhile, I was studying the gospels in a concentrated way, seeking to understand how Jesus' original hearers would have heard and understood his message of the kingdom of God. The two pursuits enriched each other in ways that I will probably never fully be able to communicate. This book is by far my most ambitious project yet, and I can't imagine ever writing anything that is more important and urgent.
Everything Must Change hardcover released on October 2nd, 2007 may be purchased at: barnes and noble and christianbook.com. You can read the release note about the book, which also includes a reader's guide and a list of suggested readings.
The new softcover edition is available for purchase at: amazon.com, barnes and noble, and christianbooks.com. This edition will be more affordable for small groups and classes, and I've heard from so many groups now that have told me this book really works at stimulating both energetic dialogue and action. For about $40 (sometimes less), you can get a beautifully-produced DVD guide to the book. In the DVD I give a short introduction to each of the eight sections of the book that your group can watch leading into each discussion. You can purchase the DVD at: amazon.com and christianbooks.com.
There will be a website that will allow people to contribute ideas on putting the message of Everything Must Change into action. You can download preview of the starter content – to which we hope you will contribute when the interactive site is up.
You can also download an unpublished appendix to the book, called President Bush's Ungiven Speech.
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November 1st in Indianapolis - One more EMC Tour Stop!
For those of you who missed our Everything Must Change Tour (or want to recommend it to a friend), we'll be doing one more event November 1. For more information, go to the deepshift.org site.
The Everything Must Change Tour is now over. If you couldn't make it to the tour or you want to remember your experience there, you can download the powerpoint slides from the sessions here.
Read more from Brian about the tour here or watch below as Brian talks about what he hopes people will get out of it.
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