Tony Jones No Longer to Serve as National Coordinator of Emergent Village

The new year brought a change to Emergent Village, with Tony Jones no longer serving as the National Coordinator.  This news broke here, among other places, in November, and was among the changes outlined in an online letter posted to Emergent’s Weblog.  I wasn’t aware of this change until yesterday when spotting it as a [...]

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(Just) Thinking Church

Happy New Year, blogoids!  And Merry Christmas to all!  A few more days remain in the Christmas season–my tree and Christmas lights are still up, and likely will be through next weekend.
During my Christmas break I was pleased to receive an Emergent Village e-newsletter with a reflection by Phyllis Tickle.  I consider myself a friendly [...]

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Hitler and Emergent

This video made an appearance at TallSkinnyKiwi.  My friend Mike passed the link along to me. I laughed.  Out loud.  A lot.

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Developing and Shifting Theologies

This post from Dick Staub got me thinking, “How has my own perception(s) of the church emerging/Emergent continued to shift and change?”  I’ve encountered a number of bloggers, pastors, church leaders, and thinking Christians who have come across emerging church thinkers, leaders, and writers and have  strongly embraced the thinking and ethos of this strata [...]

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The Church Basement Roadshow

Tony Jones, Doug Padgitt, and Mark Scandrette hit the road for this Emergent adventure to “preach, sing, and sell healing balm in church basements from San Diego to New York.”  According to this website, the hearers “will be entertained, to be sure, but, more importantly, they will be given a vision of an alternative Christianity…of adventurous [...]

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