Have you seen the videos to Dave Zimmerman's hilarious and tranformative new book, Deliver Us from Me-Ville?
Check 'em out...
Part 1 - Self Proclaimed Expert
Part 2 - Marrying My Niece
Part 3 - A Delicate Balance
Here's what Mark Scandrette has to say: "With light-hearted wit, self-effacing humility, and utter seriousness, Dave Zimmerman takes on one of the great idols of our cultural-captivity. Deliver Us from Me-Ville is a warm invitation to leave behind our narcissism to more fully embrace The Way of Jesus."
I blog a bit more about Deliver Us from Me-Ville here.
This past week or so, Wade Bradhsaw's provocative tome Searching for a Better God from Authentic has been making some waves on the blogosphere, partially from yours truly. Here are three relevant links:
what is the dna of the our faith? what defines us, moves us, embraces us, motivates us and keeps us? how can we as a collective share voices, ideas and expressions of our faith in a unique and dymanic way? how can we, as followers in the 21st centry, tell the story of our walk, and truly hear all voices? well, i am not sure i have all the answers - ok, i am sure i do not have all the answers :). but, i would like to introduce you to an idea i have been playing with called "the christian genome project" [CGP] - and we can use all the input we can get - because this is so not about me, it is all about us. here is how i see it -
CGP should be a place for story - where people share their stories, their views and no one corrects them or rejects them - a place where all voices can form the one voice we call "christianity" - we want it to be "liberal" and "conservative" - we want it to express all areas of faith and all faith traditions - no matter what - a place where you, not the "officials of the church" tell the story - it is a "collective of voices" designed to be a place where people can seek answers to questions - and we can dance this dance of faith united.
while the domain is set [www.TheChristianGenomeProjest.com] and a "splash" page will be set in a few days - we need voices - all voices - not matter your stance, tradition or point of view -
we need ideas of what you would like to see - how the CGP should be organized, what do you desire to hear and know - we know "seed stories" will be important, a place to share stories of churches forming and growing - we also know that worship ideas will be important, how does your church worship in an emerging culture - and what examples can you share - we need more ideas of what you think important. as we design this site to be a productive, useful site we need your input - so, share as you desire
email me and shre your imput - please put "christian genome project" in the subject line so i do not send it to spam :)
In Defiance, Ohio ... a.k.a ~The Great Black Swamp~ Hosts from the ooze ~Shok and Tammy~
Ain't no preachin at this one ... just a reunion of the misfits and fellow heretics and we get to party with our city one night for the fireworks and another night with an ole hippie named Lenny down by the river ... whats not to love about dat :)
Check out the thread on the general message board here on the ooze for all the buzz
Some are camping and some are roughing it in a motel right next to buffalo wild wings ...
Stimulate the ecomomy with that government check ya just got :)
The charismatic movement & emerging church conversation seem to have all too few points of contact. As a post-charismatic emergent mutt, I try to rectify the problem this week with three posts tracing the past, present, and future of the 'Spirit-filled' movement, respectively. I hope we can cultivate a way to appreciate the 'wine' of the Holy Spirit's immediacy in our midst, even while being supple and adaptable with regards to the 'wineskin' of expression. Read on - I'd appreciate your comments!
Dear Friends and Readers of Next-Wave The April o8 issue is online. It features an interview with Brian McLaren by Andrew Jones, The Tall Skinny Kiwi concerning issue raised by Brian's latest book, Everything must change. As always there are a number of other articles. Readers are invited to interact by commenting. Enjoy, Charlie Wear Publisher Next-Wave
