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\"\"<\/a>Yesterday, my publisher received from Shane Claiborne an extraordinarily kind endorsement of my ebook The Virtue of Dialogue<\/em>\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you have not gotten a copy of the ebook, it is available for Kindle<\/a> and Nook<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Also, you might be interested in the recent blog series that I ran here, Becoming Conversational, which builds on the ebook and gives practical ideas for how churches can create space for conversation in their life together. <\/strong>(CLICK HERE<\/a> for the last post in the series, and there are links where you can read the series backwards from there.)<\/p>\n

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Chris Smith is smart\u2026 and he\u2019s humble \u2014 which is a dangerous and rare combo. \u00a0In this book, Chris invites you into the life of his community, but the story of Englewood is much bigger than what\u2019s happening there in Indy.\u00a0 The Virtue of Dialogue<\/em> is filled with hope and possibility, even for today\u2019s hemorrhaging and puzzled Church. \u00a0Chris strips things down and offers freedom from the mega-church obsession and the endless strategies for growth and development. \u00a0He invites us to become the micro-church \u2014 \u00a0to be filled with the Spirit of God again, to live the Gospel out of dinner tables and living rooms, and to form little communities that infect the world with love and grace\u2026 just like those early Christians did. \u00a0\u00a0Chris reminds us that in our world of culture wars and stale debates, civil dialogue is an endangered art. \u00a0He reminds us in an age of Facebook and Skype chats that we can\u2019t replace real community with virtual community. \u00a0Here is a wonderful and simple call to real community and to honest dialogue. \u00a0Chris makes sure we don\u2019t forget that lots of great things have been sparked by a dozen or so ragamuffins sitting around a table dreaming and scheming and plotting goodness together. \u00a0Join the conversation. \u00a0And join the movement.<\/p>\n

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Shane Claiborne<\/strong><\/div>\n
author, activist, and lover of Jesus<\/strong><\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ShaneClaiborne<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n
www.thesimpleway.org\/shane<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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