there was a woman who had a shoe fetish. no matter what, she had to have shoes. couldn’t do without them. according to karl marx, the fetish is creating meaning or giving meaning to a meaningless object. trying to fill in a gap rather than allowing it to be. we live in a society built upon an addiction toward meaning, toward filling the gaps. in a simple sense, when your boss calls you up to come in early because your... Read more
Earlier this year, Lord Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury and, thereby, formerly the tutelary head of the Anglican communion world-wide, shocked me. Then, I was further shocked by the discovery that I should have not been shocked in the first place…that I was, in fact, one of a fairly limited number of folk who were even surprised by what Lord Carey did. What Lord Carey did, acting from his position as former Archbishop, was to file a written statement... Read more
Hi! I am a new blogger to the site so this topic was fresh news when I first wrote it. The delay has enabled me to add some additional thoughts and make some changes. So news of Jesus’ marriage to Mary (Magdelene one assumes) beamed into our minds recently; a gospel fragment from the 2nd Century has been discovered shedding yet more ‘light on to Jesus’ marriage status. Much is already being posted online, written about and discussed at home,... Read more
After leaving the following comment on his blog, I wanted to follow up on this important question: An Emergence authority like Phyllis Tickle would say definitively yes. It’s the topic of her latest book Emergence Christianity http://amzn.com/0801013550 On Patheos, Kurt Willems has recently brought up the issue about emerging churches here and here, which struck me as an emergent Christian. What does the adjective mean? My opinion is not authoritative, nor definitive, since this community has a multi-vocal nature. But it deserves... Read more
Today on my Radio Show I talked with TC Ryan about his book Ashamed No More: A pastors journey through sexual addiction. In the book Tom gives an insider understanding the issues facing not only pastors but anyone struggling with addiction. (you can keep up with all the Doug Pagitt Radio Videos on Youtube here and subscribe to the Audio Podcast here and connect to the Radio Show website here and Doug Pagitt on Facebook here) Here is part 1... Read more
(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. If there is an issue floating around, we all know it won’t be finally settled until the elders have spoken-everything else is just words and... Read more
I talked with Charles Drew on my radio show yesterday about his book Body Broken-Can Republicans and Democrats sit in the same pew? You can subscribe to the audio podcast of the show here. Part 1 – Part 2 – Read more
On my radio show yesterday I talked with Ani Zonneveld, head of Muslims for Progressive Values and regular guest on my show, about the current uprise in the middle-east and how we in the West could think about these issues. Subscribe to the audio podcast of the show here. Read more
Phyllis Tickle has lent her voice to many great efforts and in the last decade she has been investing herself in issues of Emergence. She has release a new book – Emergence Christianity She and I discussed this book and the issues as she sees them on my radio show this week you can listen in the video below. January 11-12, 2013 the book will come to life with Phyllis at the Emergence Christianity National Event. Read more
I actually began the 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) Then, almost as if it was planned, it broke wide open and the next thing I knew, I was calling for a boycott of “Whites Only” and “Tokens Only” conferences by White speakers and attenders (See Me). With some help from Andrea Smith (her post), Curtiss Paul... Read more
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