Counterculture. Faith. Love.
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I LOVE Alan Hirsch! I have been a huge fan of all of his books and how he is pushing the church back to its missional roots of what it means to literally be a Christ-one. And let’s be honest, the church can’t reclaim its missional roots while continuing to fight against or ignore the gay communtiy – hence the [...]
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Ever since Jay Bakker (son of Jim and the late Tammy Faye Bakker) had his own ‘coming out’ in the evangelical world - publicly standing with the gay community in regards to gay ordination, marriage and the belief in what is considered a pro-gay theology – Jay has been one of the most attacked people throughout our faith. Jay [...]
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One of the days I was in London I had the privilege of speaking at the Salvation Army International Headquarters to a wide variety of British clergy, pastors, denominational heads, theologians, authors and some overall movers and shakers. Beyond such a great opportunity, the unique part to that day was immediately after I had the [...]
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Here’s an interview with the man, the myth, the legend … Tony Jones. He’s seriously one of the most quoted/talked about and disdained (isn’t it funny how those two are linked?) people in Christianity. One of the things that just boggles my mind is when people don’t read other’s works or they don’t talk to them [...]
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Here is Part 1 of the interview, with links to Phyllis’ books, bio and website.
This video is Part 2 which answers the question, What does Phyllis Tickle communicate to her congregation, that is 80% GLBT, about straight Christians and Christianity in general?
What do you think about what she said?
Much love.
www.themarinfoundation.org
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I had the opportunity to interview Phyllis Tickle, the founding editor of the religion department at Publishers Weekly. She is the author of over two dozen books, and currently serves as a lay eucharistic minister and lector in the Episcopal Church in her home city of Memphis, TN.
She has some very clear thoughts on the [...]
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Here is an interview with Soong-Chan Rah that I did while speaking at Cornerstone Festival in July. As always, I ask two questions:
1. As a representative of the Christian community, what do you want to say to gays and lesbians.
2. As a representative of the Christian community, what do you want to say to Christians [...]
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This video was recorded during my time speaking at Cornerstone Festival 2009 in July (there will be quite a few interviews to follow – sorry for the delay, they take quite a while to download, then upload, etc. Finding the time to do so is sometimes difficult).
Anyway, here is my interview with Dr. John Perkins. As I [...]
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Here is Part 2 of my interview with Chris Heuertz, author and International Director of Word Made Flesh. In this segment I ask Chris two questions:
What would you tell the Church about building bridges with the gay and lesbian community
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What would you tell the gay and lesbian community about the Church
His answers are moving.
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While I was in Omaha, NE last week I had the opportunity to hang out with a man that I respect with all of my heart and soul, Chris Heuertz, the International Director of Word Made Flesh – a non profit organization that incarnationally serves the poorest of the poor all over the world. Chris [...]
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Just a dude trying to learn how to live and love. 
