Emerging Church and Capitol Hill: Intro

As most of you know, I am a missionary on Capitol Hill. No, this is not a cute way of saying I am a lobbyiest for Jesus! My whole reason for being on Capitol Hill is to proclaim the restoring power of the gospel of Jesus Christ, encourage congressional staffers in...

Brian’s Story

Over the last several months, Brian McLaren has become something of a mentor to me. Through his writing and preaching, his thoughts on God, Jesus, the gospel, heaven, the Kingdom of Heaven, the Christian life, and Christian spirituality in general have resonated with...

Conversing With D.A. Carson

I just bought a copy of D. A. Carson’s latest book, “Becoming Conversant With The Emerging Church.” It is suppose to be a reaction to the Emerging Church conversation (EC), but apparently is more a targeted attempt to discredit Brian McLaren. I plan...

An Annoying Little Word

I am 37 pages into “Becoming Conversant With The Emerging Church” and already annoyed. To define the Emerging Church movement, D. A. Carson has chosen a horrible word: protest. We are protesting our fundamentalist evangelical roots, protesting modernity,...

PBS & The Emerging Church-Part 2

Here is the second part to PBS’s special on the Emerging Church movement. It was another fair piece, focusing this time on the “grandfather” of the emerging church conversation, Brian McLaren. There is one part, though, I would be interested in...

PBS & The Emerging Church

Kim Lawton of Religion and Ethics Weekly produced a wonderful 2-part piece on the Emerging Church conversation. You can read the transcript and view the special here. For those of you interested in where this conversation is taking Christianity, it is definitly worth...