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God's Coming

Please give a warm welcome to first time blogger and smart lady Pamela Chaddock. They say it was a glorious day some two thousand years ago when the Spirit of Truth, the outpoured presence of Jesus, was released upon the world for the edification of all those with ears to hear. It happened then, it’s [...]

Toward Collective Liberation: Building Successful Social Movements

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It wasn’t until recently I realized that I had somehow lost a bunch of digital files off my computer. It was mainly photos and newspaper articles from my activist work when I lived in the San Francisco/Bay Area from the late 90′s to the mid 2000′s. That loss left me feeling sick with the thought [...]

Open Conversation: Friendships & Movements

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A couple of weeks ago, I wrote critically about a meeting of Emergence Christianity folks that happened in Memphis in advance of Phyllis Tickle’s national book event.  I want to clarify a few things. I LOVE the emergent movement and it’s the only reason I am a practicing Christian again, (nothing short of a miracle [...]

By Invitation Only?: Private Summit Actually Threatens to Undermine Emergence Christianity

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The day before the national book event honoring Phyllis Tickle in Memphis, roughly 50 (Correction: 35) emergent movement leaders had a State of Emergence Christianity meeting. The meeting was organized by Tony Jones and Doug Pagitt, also the organizers of the book event.  (Correction: Phyllis Tickle called the meeting and contracted JOPA Productions to organize [...]