synchro-blogging on sexuality - BrianMcLaren : "Neither race nor sexual identity was an obstacle for the apostles in welcoming a new brother into the community of faith. As early as Acts 8 in the story of Jesus and his apostles, the tough issues of race and sexual identity are being addressed head-on. But as we all know, as the years went on, both issues once again became obstacles....
In line with the earlier CRN post ELCA Head Calls for ‘50 Days of Prayer’ Amid Sexuality Debate below is Rev. Megan Rohrer, who’s website informs us is the ”first openly transgender Lutheran pastor ordained in the United States.” The intro she writes for this You Tube clip tells us: A hymn written for the extraordinary ordination of Jay Wilson, December [...]
... say it seeks conversion – but mutual conversion, not dominating conquest. Perhaps you’ll recognize McLaren’s basic message easier when we put like this: I’m ok; you’re ok, Jesus says we’re all okay. We’re good enough, and smart enough, and doggone it, God loves us just as we are.
One of my favorite writers,Alan Jacobs, wrote a punchyreview of BrianMcLaren’s new book Finding Our Way Again: The Return of the Ancient Practices. Money quote: In many respects McLaren’s book resembles The Tangible Kingdom. It has the same fondness for sweeping historical generalizations and for charts that are just cleaned-up PowerPoint slides. He tells a [...]
This piece is part of an on-going blog series called Plurality 2.0 (watch video here). Full schedule of guest authors throughout April and May is available here. BrianMcLaren is an author, speaker, pastor, and networker among innovative Christian leaders, thinkers, and activists. For a more extensive bio, check out brianmclaren.net. Reframing the Question… For a lot of [...]
Since Brian was so kind to name a good man you should know more about ... (whom I fully agree after checking out Ron Martoia's blog and books!), I thought I'd mention BrianMcLaren in this post as a good man we should all pay attention to as ...
... and pro-life strategy sessions that used to be their bread-and-butter. Recent years have seen BrianMcLaren, Anthony Smith, Shane Claiborne, and Miroslav Volf, among others. One odd mix is that there are two staffers from Exodus International, a “ministry” that tries to cure people of homosexuality. Meanwhile, Andrew Marin and I are here, on the other side of the coin. Tomorrow, we’ll...
... guilt on evangelical, pro-life voters was instigated and successful. With the help of figures like BrianMcLaren, Doug Pagitt, and Tony Jones, winning over the youth was essentially "a piece of cake." And with the help of Tony Campolo, Rick Warren, and a number of others, taking a hold of the older generation was also quite easy. Our present political scene is the aftermath of these...
In my Nave’s Topical Bible there is a subsection under “Atonement” titled “Atonement – Made by Jesus.” It covers half of page 85 and runs through half of page 88. I find it interesting that the leaders in the emergent church such as BrianMcLaren focus so much of their energies on trying to deny [...]
from Finding Our Way Again BrianMcLaren Those who reject religion are often rejecting a certain arid system of belief, or if not that, a set of trivial taboos or rules or rituals that have lost meaning for them--each a thing residue of a lost way of life. One of the other passages reflects on the popularity of books on Buddhism. He [Dr. Peter Senge] replied, "I think it is because...
by Mike Ratliff The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! (John 1:29 ESV) In my Nave’s Topical Bible there is a subsection under “Atonement” titled “Atonement – Made by Jesus.” It covers half of page 85 and runs through half of page 88. I find it interesting that the leaders in the emergent church such as BrianMcLaren...
... with one of its best ever line-ups of speakers and artists, including Foy Vance, Rachael Gardner, BrianMclaren, Paul Baloche, 6 Star Hotel, 4 Kornerz, Andy Hickford and 29th Chapter.Festival Director John Kee said, "After so many years you might expect us to start running out of ideas but this year looks bigger and better than ever."The festival this year sees the launch of the new...