{"id":2748,"date":"2014-07-02T00:41:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T04:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/?p=2748"},"modified":"2014-07-02T00:42:45","modified_gmt":"2014-07-02T04:42:45","slug":"brandan-speaks-on-liberating-evangelicalism-at-wild-goose-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/2014\/07\/02\/brandan-speaks-on-liberating-evangelicalism-at-wild-goose-2014.html","title":{"rendered":"Brandan Speaks on Liberating Evangelicalism at Wild Goose 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Hey friends!<\/p>\n

I literally just pulled in to my apartment in Chicago after spending a week traveling from Chicago to Maryland to North Carolina to Tennessee to Southern Illinois and back to Chicago on my annual trip to the Wild Goose Festival in Hot Springs, North Carolina. I have attended Wild Goose for the past three years and the festival has become more of a family reunion than a conference for me. This year I spent hours sitting around and chatting with readers of the blog, mentors, and friends alike, dreaming of all the new things that God is doing in our world. It was phenomenal.<\/p>\n

This year, I was honored to be a speaker at the festival. My session was called \u201cLiberating Evangelicalism?\u201d and centered around the question of whether or not Evangelicalism was worth saving. I had a great time talking at Goose and was so encouraged and inspired by the interaction of the audience during the Q & A.\u00a0 Fortunately, I was able to get a video recording of both the talk and the Q and A session and am excited to be able to share it with you here! Check out the videos below:<\/p>\n

Video 1: Talk- \u201cLiberating Evangelicalism?\u201d- <\/strong>In this talk, I tell the story of my journey leading up to the creation of Revangelical <\/em>including the struggles and trials I faced over the past four years at Moody Bible Institute and then answer the question \u201cIs Evangelicalism Worth Saving?\u201d to which I give, what to many will be a very surprising response.<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<p><strong>Video 2: Q & A- Brandan Robertson & Troy Medlin<\/strong>\u2013 In this session, we answer questions about sexuality, atonement, politics, and the future of Evangelical Christianity.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Q & A with Brandan Robetson (and Troy Medlin)- Wild Goose Festival 2014\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9z-NGhQE3Hw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>I hope you enjoy the session and would love to hear your thoughts, critiques, questions, and comments about it in the comments section below!<\/p>\n<p>Now that I am back from a month of traveling, I am diving head first into devoting time to the blog and to writing the manuscript for my first book (which is due in October!) So I hope to be seeing you all around more here on Patheos in the coming weeks! I am so excited to continue this journey of rethinking, reforming, and renewing my faith with you all!<\/p>\n<p>Grace and Peace-<\/p>\n<p>Brandan<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey friends! I literally just pulled in to my apartment in Chicago after spending a week traveling from Chicago to Maryland to North Carolina to Tennessee to Southern Illinois and back to Chicago on my annual trip to the Wild Goose Festival in Hot Springs, North Carolina. I have attended Wild Goose for the past […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1830,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,21,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-breaking-response","category-current-events","category-reflections"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Brandan Speaks on Liberating Evangelicalism at Wild Goose 2014<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Hey friends! I literally just pulled in to my apartment in Chicago after spending a week traveling from Chicago to Maryland to North Carolina to Tennessee\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/2014\/07\/02\/brandan-speaks-on-liberating-evangelicalism-at-wild-goose-2014.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Brandan Speaks on Liberating Evangelicalism at Wild Goose 2014\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hey friends! I literally just pulled in to my apartment in Chicago after spending a week traveling from Chicago to Maryland to North Carolina to Tennessee\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/2014\/07\/02\/brandan-speaks-on-liberating-evangelicalism-at-wild-goose-2014.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nomad\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-07-02T04:41:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-07-02T04:42:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brandan Robertson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Brandan Robertson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/2014\/07\/02\/brandan-speaks-on-liberating-evangelicalism-at-wild-goose-2014.html\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/2014\/07\/02\/brandan-speaks-on-liberating-evangelicalism-at-wild-goose-2014.html\",\"name\":\"Brandan Speaks on Liberating Evangelicalism at Wild Goose 2014\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-07-02T04:41:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-07-02T04:42:45+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/#\/schema\/person\/05d344bef267d95763341df2d47e4830\"},\"description\":\"Hey friends! I literally just pulled in to my apartment in Chicago after spending a week traveling from Chicago to Maryland to North Carolina to Tennessee\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/2014\/07\/02\/brandan-speaks-on-liberating-evangelicalism-at-wild-goose-2014.html#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/2014\/07\/02\/brandan-speaks-on-liberating-evangelicalism-at-wild-goose-2014.html\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/2014\/07\/02\/brandan-speaks-on-liberating-evangelicalism-at-wild-goose-2014.html#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Brandan Speaks on Liberating Evangelicalism at Wild Goose 2014\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/\",\"name\":\"Nomad\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/#\/schema\/person\/05d344bef267d95763341df2d47e4830\",\"name\":\"Brandan Robertson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1d376d4c65add801cc19ed0d2e5d90e8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1d376d4c65add801cc19ed0d2e5d90e8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Brandan Robertson\"},\"description\":\"Brandan Robertson is a leading progressive Christian writer, activist, and speaker, working at the intersections of spirituality, sexuality, and social renewal. He has been called one of the \u201cmost influential voices in the modern LGBTQ Christian movement\u201d and is passionate about helping people of faith understand the complexity and beauty of human sexuality, creating unlikely partnerships with communities of all faith's and no faith, and empowering people to be agents of renewal in their community, culture, and world. Brandan has a B.A. in Pastoral Studies and Bible from Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois and is pursuing his Masters of Divinity degree at Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado. He writes regularly for Patheos, Huffington Post, Red Letter Christians, Sojourners, and IMPACT Magazine and has been a featured contributor to a number of major media outlets such as TIME Magazine, XO Jane, The Washington Post, and Dallas Morning News. Brandan is a popular commentator on numerous nationally syndicated radio programs and television networks such as MSNBC, The Drew Marshall Show, State of Belief, The Takeaway, Tell Me Everything with John Fuglesang and Stand Up! With Pete Dominick. Brandan's work has been profiled in a number of prominent newspapers and magazines including TIME Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, POLITICO, Associated Press, The Oregonian, and Religion News Service. Brandan is a successful political organizer and a sought after consultant to churches, denominations, and faith-based organizations on issues of the faith of the millennial generation and the building bridges across religious, cultural, and political divides. He is the founder and executive director of Nomad Partnerships, a non-profit which seeks to connect, convene, and mobilize faith leaders to improve their impact and witness in the world. He also served as the immediate past National Spokesperson and Program Director of Evangelicals For Marriage Equality and now serves on the organizations board. He is also an initiator for The Convergence Initiative. Brandan currently resides in Washington, D.C.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/brandanrobertson.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/author\/brandanr\"}]}<\/script>\n","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Brandan Speaks on Liberating Evangelicalism at Wild Goose 2014","description":"Hey friends! I literally just pulled in to my apartment in Chicago after spending a week traveling from Chicago to Maryland to North Carolina to Tennessee","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/2014\/07\/02\/brandan-speaks-on-liberating-evangelicalism-at-wild-goose-2014.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Brandan Speaks on Liberating Evangelicalism at Wild Goose 2014","og_description":"Hey friends! I literally just pulled in to my apartment in Chicago after spending a week traveling from Chicago to Maryland to North Carolina to Tennessee","og_url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/2014\/07\/02\/brandan-speaks-on-liberating-evangelicalism-at-wild-goose-2014.html","og_site_name":"Nomad","article_published_time":"2014-07-02T04:41:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-07-02T04:42:45+00:00","author":"Brandan Robertson","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Brandan Robertson","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/2014\/07\/02\/brandan-speaks-on-liberating-evangelicalism-at-wild-goose-2014.html","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/2014\/07\/02\/brandan-speaks-on-liberating-evangelicalism-at-wild-goose-2014.html","name":"Brandan Speaks on Liberating Evangelicalism at Wild Goose 2014","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-07-02T04:41:00+00:00","dateModified":"2014-07-02T04:42:45+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/#\/schema\/person\/05d344bef267d95763341df2d47e4830"},"description":"Hey friends! I literally just pulled in to my apartment in Chicago after spending a week traveling from Chicago to Maryland to North Carolina to Tennessee","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/2014\/07\/02\/brandan-speaks-on-liberating-evangelicalism-at-wild-goose-2014.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/2014\/07\/02\/brandan-speaks-on-liberating-evangelicalism-at-wild-goose-2014.html"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/2014\/07\/02\/brandan-speaks-on-liberating-evangelicalism-at-wild-goose-2014.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Brandan Speaks on Liberating Evangelicalism at Wild Goose 2014"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/","name":"Nomad","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/#\/schema\/person\/05d344bef267d95763341df2d47e4830","name":"Brandan Robertson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1d376d4c65add801cc19ed0d2e5d90e8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1d376d4c65add801cc19ed0d2e5d90e8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Brandan Robertson"},"description":"Brandan Robertson is a leading progressive Christian writer, activist, and speaker, working at the intersections of spirituality, sexuality, and social renewal. He has been called one of the \u201cmost influential voices in the modern LGBTQ Christian movement\u201d and is passionate about helping people of faith understand the complexity and beauty of human sexuality, creating unlikely partnerships with communities of all faith's and no faith, and empowering people to be agents of renewal in their community, culture, and world. Brandan has a B.A. in Pastoral Studies and Bible from Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois and is pursuing his Masters of Divinity degree at Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado. He writes regularly for Patheos, Huffington Post, Red Letter Christians, Sojourners, and IMPACT Magazine and has been a featured contributor to a number of major media outlets such as TIME Magazine, XO Jane, The Washington Post, and Dallas Morning News. Brandan is a popular commentator on numerous nationally syndicated radio programs and television networks such as MSNBC, The Drew Marshall Show, State of Belief, The Takeaway, Tell Me Everything with John Fuglesang and Stand Up! With Pete Dominick. Brandan's work has been profiled in a number of prominent newspapers and magazines including TIME Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, POLITICO, Associated Press, The Oregonian, and Religion News Service. Brandan is a successful political organizer and a sought after consultant to churches, denominations, and faith-based organizations on issues of the faith of the millennial generation and the building bridges across religious, cultural, and political divides. He is the founder and executive director of Nomad Partnerships, a non-profit which seeks to connect, convene, and mobilize faith leaders to improve their impact and witness in the world. He also served as the immediate past National Spokesperson and Program Director of Evangelicals For Marriage Equality and now serves on the organizations board. He is also an initiator for The Convergence Initiative. Brandan currently resides in Washington, D.C.","sameAs":["http:\/\/brandanrobertson.com"],"url":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/author\/brandanr"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1830"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2748\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/revangelical\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}