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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2009 ALBUQUERQUE, NM — GENERATE, a new magazine to be published by and for friends of the emerging church conversation, announced its launch today with a call for submissions for its inaugural edition, slated to be printed later this summer. GENERATE Magazine’s editorial team will be announced later this evening on their website,generatemagazine.com, and via their Twitter feed,@GENERATEmag. Related posts:
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This is a great conversation and worth sharing (ht Jonathan) Peter Rollins Explains Emergent Church Movement Explaining Emergent Churches - Inner Compass from Calvin College on Vimeo. Here are some of my favorite thoughts (paraphrased) - If you are seeking the meaning of love, do what lovers do, if you are seeking God, go do what followers [...] Related posts:
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As I mentioned in my post the other day, I have the privilege of meeting with lots of different folks (is folks a word that very few people use? I often get chuckles when I use it) to talk about alternative Christian community, Emergent Village, the emerging church, post modernity, interfaith dialog, etc. I tried [...] Related posts:
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I like to joke sometimes that I really don’t like people. I have my reasons for the smidge of truth that’s behind that tongue-in-cheek comment, but suffice to say, I tend to be a bit of a pessimist and a cynic when it comes to humanity in general. But one of the things I love about the [...] Related posts:
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Center for Action and Contemplation—Emerging Church Conference “The best criticism of the bad is the practice of the better.” — Richard Rohr Come to the first large gathering of Roman Catholic, Mainline Protestant, Evangelical, and other Christians seeking to explore this emergence and convergence together. You’ll be inspired by provocative speakers and spiritual leaders and engage in [...] Related posts:
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Weblog » Emergent Village » Where Does the Emergent Road Lead? By Angela Harms, re-posted from Epinoia Cafe: From here, the emerging conversation is looking like a private party where folks talk about where they are coming from. It’s like I’m hanging out with people who all used to live in the mountains, and they say, “Oh, [...] Related posts:
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Thank You from Brian McLaren:re-posted from the Emergent/C email newsletter Brian has a pastoral way with words that is so beautiful. I imagine he makes a great spiritual adviser/counselor (wanna be mine Brian? I’ll pay you in chocolate chip cookies and lemon bars). This is a lovely little note he sent out in the Emergent newsletter [...] Related posts:
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I haven’t been in an Evangelical church for a couple years now but a couple months ago I went to a Bible Study hosted by a dear friend (at her request). It was truly a surreal experience. I was an outsider. I understood the words and knew the Scriptures and cognitively “got” what was going [...] Related posts:
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