Voices of the Emergent Village Community
(I began this series See Me, Feel Me, Touch Me, Heal Me as a challenge to the colonial Western Church to be inclusive of ethnic minorities at all levels. Intro to Series, 1. See Me,2. Feel Me). One of the great values Native Americans share, but often missing in American society, is respect for elders. [...]
:: By Pete Zimmerman: I am hoping that in about a year I will help be a part of a new spiritual collective. One of the core values of this group will be a conscious counter-affirmation against what I believe to be the functional atheism of some churches and ecclesiologies. Let me elaborate. It is [...]
Many have seen the movie ” The Kingdom of Heaven ” the fictional drama of the interfaith tension in Jerusalem during the crusades. But, the reality was, there was some real interfaith conversation and radical fellowship happening in the midst of the violence of the crusades. Read the following true story with the reality [...]
On my show today I talked with Tony Jones about the work he is doing on a new book, Why Pray? Our fun and flowing conversation takes on many topics and some disagreements. Catch the show live Wednesday’s from 10-11:30am (except this coming week when I will be live with Phyllis Tickle on Tuesday, Sept 11 from [...]
I am told, that Jesus only directly answers 3 of the 183 questions that he himself is asked in the four Gospels! This is totally surprising to me who has grown up assuming that the very job description of religion is to give people answers and to resolve people’s dilemmas. Apparently this is not Jesus’ understanding of the [...]
(Read the Introduction to this series) So, what is the cost to the whole community of faith when a particular part, in this case indigenous followers of Jesus and other minorities, are shut out? One of the most severe and indicting statements made by the Apostle Paul concerned those advantaged believers “hogging” the whole table [...]
For years I have been exploring the idea of faith on the fringe of church-ianity and beyond. I like to explore what I call, ” radical, scandalous redemptive imagination.” I believe our old maps are worn out, in a landscape that has changed dramatically, and continues to undergo rapid change…old maps can not take us [...]
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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