quite the hootenanny: CBR in B’ham

28Jul08

This past Saturday night we had a riot of a revival while hosting the Church Basement Roadshow. Greg described it as a kingdom party—I couldn’t phrase it any better myself. Professor Hawthorne, Brother Duke, and Preacher Withee stirred the crowds to see new, more hopeful ways forward as people of the Christ in [...]

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Tags: birmingham alabama, Church Basement Roadshow, disciples fellowship, Doug Pagitt, emergent, emerging church, gospel, Mark Scandrette, Tony Jones

Saturday Night Revival: the Church Basement Roadshow

25Jul08

this Saturday night, @ 7pm, @ 2970 Lorna Rd (@ Little Valley Rd), Birmingham, AL 35216, come early for good seats, hang late for coffee and peach pie, and bring some cash for a bottle of snake oil or a blessed hanky.
warning: by attending this event, you might get pigeonholed and stereotyped like my [...]

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Tags: Church Basement Roadshow, emergent, emerging church, gospel, kickin it old school

conversation on evangelism 1.0

29Jan08

Soon-to-be-Down-Under Nicholas linked to this vid, and Mark shared the poem from Jesus the Radical Pastor.I feel the following video and poem are connected in different ways. Your thoughts?

 
Zealous Servant
by
John W Frye
 
Just a cup of cold water
Smashed into my face.
The zealous servant left me,
With water, yes, but with bits [...]

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Tags: conversation, evangelism, gospel, Mormonism