One of the greatest insights of the Google-World is the freedom of Beta. A Beta is more than a product not-yet-ready-for-consumption, but a way of thinking, creating, and living. It owns being unfinished. It expects contribution, evolution, transparency. For a long time all of culture was under a spell. It believed in the [...]

 

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Bruce Epperly is one of the coolest dudes I know.  I had a chat with him about the future of the church, the emerging church, the new shapes of religion and spirituality on the ground, and other theological tid bits.  I hope you enjoy it.  If you do check out his blog series here.

“God?”  Who or what is God?  That was the most popular question for my interviews with the’ Transforming Theology’ theologians.  Here are their answers.  I am sure the diversity of answers will get your brain a movin’.  It may inspire you to attempt to answer the question yourself.  If so check out the 100 word [...]

You may not be exactly sure what ‘progressive theology’ entails, but a pretty easy way to figure it out is listening to ‘progressive theologians’ tell you what they think is wrong with it. Here are a bunch of notable theologians answering the question. Check them out and let me know what you would [...]

Here’s my attempt to stream this conversation.  It should go live right before 2pm on the West Coast.

Here’s Clayton’s Pre-Debate Post \ John gives a super recap \ Philip’s post-debate reflection \ Bob Rhodes reflects on the conversation \ newspaper writeup

What do you get when you put two of the world’s top philosophical theologians, a prestigious university President, and me in a room with a camera?  A fun conversation.
At the American Academy of Religion I was able to join LeRon Shults, Philip Clayton, and Stephen Knapp for a discussion about how theology finds traction in [...]

Theology After Google: Leveraging New Technologies and Networks for Transformative Ministry

We invite you to join us March 10-12, 2010 in Claremont, Calif., for a first-of-its-kind national conference, “Theology After Google.” Thanks to a generous grant from the Ford Foundation, we are able to keep registration costs low, as in 99 bucks.
Who is coming?
Tony Jones, [...]

Spencer Burke is one sweet cookie.  Here’s is little conversation between him and philip clayton.  They discuss the nature of theology, ministry, education, communication, and other goodies in a google-shaped world.
This is just one more reason you should come to the “Theology After Google” event March 10-12 in Claremont CA.

I am busy reading some Jurgen Moltmann for the upcoming theological conversation in a couple weeks and thought I would share a bit along the way.  Feel free to let me know your thoughts and questions so I can use them when I have a little dialogue with Moltmann.  In particular I am interested [...]

This is my cousin Timothy Palmer performing his song “Child” for the Abilene Reporter-News. Tim is a songwriter and college minister in Abilene, Texas.
After watching this video, check out Tim’s Facebook group called The Bethlehem Initiative.
You can find more of his music at myspace.com/timothypalmer