As part of my involvement with the new Conn-versation team blog dedicated to the life and legacy of missional visionary Harvie Conn, I have been completing my reading of his magnum opus, Eternal Word and Changing Worlds: Anthropology, Theology, and Missions in Trialogue. The final two chapters, on theologizing and theological education from a missional [...]

Scot McKnight (blog) has adapted his introduction and overview of the Emerging Church (originally given as the opening address of last October’s Student Forum on the Emerging Church at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia) and published it on Christianity Today Online.

OK, I don’t actually post a “Quote of the Day,” but if I did, this would be today’s:
Debates on the internet are like two people playing some deathmatch sort of game, on two different screens. The only problem is that both screens show the opponent suffering loads of damage and show the player himself never [...]

I originally published this article on the Conn-versation team blog (connversation.wordpress.com), but I feel so strongly about its subject matter that I wanted to post it here as well.
Author Edward Gilbreath’s article Exit Interviews over at christianitytoday.com dares to ask the questions whites and blacks involved in minstry together are dying (but afraid) to ask [...]

Here it is, what you’ve longed for all along: a chance to do a Foolish Sage makeover….at least temporarily.
I’ve been invited to an ’80s party this Friday night. Of course, we are supposed to dress up ’80s style. Problem is I think I slept through the ’80s. I don’t seem to recall ever dressing any [...]

There is a monthly emergent cohort meeting for the Philly area that I’ve attended a few times over the past year. (An emergent cohort, for the unitiated, is simply a regular gathering of people interested in or involved in the EC movement to discuss topics related to the concerns of the movement.) The “special guest” [...]

Joel Garver has written one of the best summaries of the teachings of N. T. Wright I’ve seen anywhere. More importantly, he shares his insights into why Wright is so controversial to some conservative evangelicals…and why he need not be.

And…..I’m back! It’s been a nice vacation these past few weeks. Got caught up on other things in my life. Didn’t even read other blogs. Nice to let it go for a bit…and nice to be back.
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Wired.com reports that the original, un-remixed, unfiltered video tapes of the Apollo 11 moon landing have vanished and may [...]