Voices of the Emergent Village Community
A few weeks ago I was a guest on a local (Minneapolis) Cable TV show hosted by the Minnesota Humanists.
It was a really interesting conversation. One of the comments that struck me was the host mentioning that he had looked around the internet and had noticed that there were some people who were not, shall I say, “big fans” of mine. I mentioned that Christianity is a big family with many squabbles. He said, (my paraphrase) yes I have seen that, but it is not quite as bad as it is in the battles between the Humanist and Atheist (you can see that part at roughly the 4 minute mark). It was strangely encouraging to know that our squabbles are not only caused by our religious sensibilities.
I’m sure there are some who will be bothered by how much in common I have with a Humanist, but I thought it was really great. And, since I am often accused of being a humanist, this was certainly fun.
We also talked about the “Nones” as a movement within Humanism.
Here is my conversation with Bishop John Shelby Spong on his book “Re-Claiming the Bible for a Non-Religious World” from my Radio Show.
In the conversation I ask John why people are not hearing from him the point he is trying to make, that the Bible is important to our lives and we should fully engage with it, and rather they hear him and others saying they want to get rid of the Bible?
In the second video I ask him what we should do as an alternative to a simplistic literal reading of the Bible or ignoring it all together.
In the third installment of my conversation with Phyllis Tickle about Lent we talk about the physical nature of spirituality.
You can follow the entire lent conversation on the Lent Blog here.
You can watch all the videos in our conversation here.
This blog is an experiment. We are seeking to include as many voices as are willing to join together and tell stories, create ideas, and generate friendships that will compel us to the future. There are more than 50 people who will be adding their voices to this conversation. Some will write, some will post audio, some will post video.
You will hear from Christians and Jews; denominationalists and free-range spiritualists; conservatives and liberals; the faith-filled and the faith-hesitant.
We are a collective of people who are not only concerned about the “right and left” but now and the future. Emergent Village is a community that wants to make something together.
We invite you to join us.
Read, comment, spread the word and consider adding your voice. If you would like to be one the bloggers contact Doug Pagitt at doug@dougpagitt.com.
To learn more about Emergent Village go to EmergentVillage.com.

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