Brian McLaren EMC
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en-us2009-01-15T11:40:44-05:00In Ireland ...
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I leave today for Summer Madness in Ireland. Please come by the sessions I'll be leading if you're there ... I don't expect to be able to post here until the middle or end of next week. But I left...Blogbrianmclaren2009-07-02T08:26:10-05:00Q & R: Newbigin
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This question came in recently ... I have read your books and I am now writing [thesis] on how your thought relates to the work of Lesslie Newbigin. I would really appreciate your help in answering a few specific questions....Blogbrianmclaren2009-07-02T07:55:36-05:00Gotta love Steve Martin ...
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A tribute to the king of pop ......Blogbrianmclaren2009-06-27T21:31:11-05:00some grey bloke ...
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does it again ......Blogbrianmclaren2009-06-26T21:33:32-05:00climate change ...
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For those of us who believe Everything Must Change ... this state-of-the-art report on Climate Change in the US will be of interest. (Thanks, Gary!) An important reuters news story after the jump. (Thanks, Dorjee!) AND LATE NOTE: Today the...Blogbrianmclaren2009-06-26T17:37:07-05:00the swallow-tailed kite
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For some people it's a stained-glass window or a church bell or a Bach fugue that immediately fills their heart with a sense of grace and worship. For me, those are all wonderful ... but few things surpass in grace...Blogbrianmclaren2009-06-26T15:14:15-05:00Two passings ...
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While the world mourns two talented celebrities, two other passings will go largely unnoticed. You can read about one of them here. And another - an amazing man named Ray Anderson. Ray taught theology at Fuller Seminary and wrote many...Blogbrianmclaren2009-06-26T15:03:15-05:00Links roundup
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I'm so enjoying my summer writing and marriage sabbatical (for both, not from both!) in Southwest Florida ... deep into revisions for A New Kind of Christianity (which it looks like will be released in early February 2010 instead of...Blogbrianmclaren2009-06-25T11:41:57-05:00Girl power ...
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It's true ... focus on helping girls and you change the world....Blogbrianmclaren2009-06-24T21:50:24-05:00Getting beyond a foolish argument ...
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One of the distracting polarizations under which we've been laboring over recent decades is typically framed like this: big government versus big business. There are a thousand ironies in this. Those against big government are generally for big military, which...Blogbrianmclaren2009-06-24T07:12:18-05:00synchro-blogging on sexuality
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I'm adding my voice to over 70 others connected with Bridging the Gap by posting on the issue of homosexuality today ... I'm in the editing stage of my March 2010 book, A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions that...Blogbrianmclaren2009-06-24T01:00:00-05:00If you ever get depressed about the state of the church ...
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Read this ......Blogbrianmclaren2009-06-23T08:01:43-05:00Iran ... two kinds of Islam, and two kinds of religion in general
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Adam sent me this link to Andrew Sullivan's blog ... a powerful i-report from Tehran. Very moving, and well worth your time to watch ... and add your prayers to the Iranians seeking freedom from dictatorship. There is the Islam...Blogbrianmclaren2009-06-20T15:19:34-05:00New Resource ...
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I contributed to this new resource - Fresh Expressions in the Sacramental Tradition. Jonny Baker offers an excellent review here. He notes: rowan williams opening chapter identifies these features of catholic spirituality: non verbal expressions of faith a central place...Blogbrianmclaren2009-06-20T11:49:34-05:00common ground on abortion ...
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How important are two recent acts of domestic terrorism ... one at the Holocaust Museum in DC and one at a Lutheran Church in Kansas City? If more of us don't hear them as a wake-up call, they could open...Blogbrianmclaren2009-06-19T15:22:14-05:00