An Interview with Tony Jones, Author of the New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier [PART 1] [Part 2]
Recently I spoke with Tony Jones about his book, the future of Emergent, and the mean-spirited criticism and misinfomation that tends to pervade the medium through which Emergent was born: the Internet.

The Trouble with Normal: Deconstructing Certitude
Ultimately, the Lord is unlikely to ask, “Were you right?’, but rather, “Were you faithful to the truth you knew?” This latter question has to do with faithful following, the life of a disciple.

Abandoning a Graven Mirage: Letting Lose Sacred Symbols
Not only do we homo sapiens hold closely to our treasured symbols, but sometimes, we hold these sacred symbols even more dearly than we do the very invisible realities they supposedly point us towards.

Hope, Memory and Waiting in a Place of Exile
If I had something to speak into the emerging and missional conversation, it might be this wisdom of St. Francis of Assisi: Let us begin again, for as yet we have done nothing.

Postcards from the Edge: A Review of Tony Jones' the New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier
Tony Jones, national coordinator for Emergent Village, offers an insider's perspective on a theo-cultural phenomenon with his book, the New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier.

If Not Seeker-Sensitive, What Then?
I think we don't trust in the transformative power of Love. So we try to construct good arguments, design cool worship experiences, put on spectacular and aesthetically sensitive productions. Because we fundamentally believe that Love just isn't enough.

Hope that Doesn't Disappoint: A Review of N.T. Wright's Surprised by Hope
In Surprised by Hope, N.T. Wright offers a refreshing, yet ancient understanding of ultimate Christian hope as depicted in the New Testament. And in so doing, Wright helps to retool our vision and mission as followers of Jesus.

Toward A Missional Spirituality
When the Gospel first went from Jerusalem to Antioch, the Temple began to lose place as the center of Messianic faith. The diaspora we are seeing in our own day, with increasing numbers of believers not claiming any traditional church institution as their home, is divinely orchestrated by God to move us from a Temple religion toward incarnational and missional communities.

Resurrecting the Garden of Eden
Many people throughout history have all tried to figure out where we go from here. How do we regain that intimacy with God like they had in the Garden? Is it something that we can do ourselves or does it have to be a miraculous event initiated by God?  When will this happen? Now? Sometime in the future? After we die? The questions go on forever as does our effort to avoid death.

Are You Analyzing Me? Being Ogled by Science
To think about humans, you have to be able to think about the parts of a whole without reducing the whole to the parts. It’s kind of fun once you get used to it. Like Sudoku. A little mental challenge can be invigorating.

Following the Root, Wherever It May Lead: A Review of Viola and Barna's Pagan Christianity
In Pagan Christianity, Frank Viola and George Barna make a compelling (and for many, startling) case for questioning the roots of our contemporary church practices. But do they go far enough?

Formatio Future: Learning, Collaborating, Mentoring in Web 2.0
Any instructor not learning to exegete the culture is already time-expired. Any instructor who doesn't surf the web, has never visited WIKIPEDIA, and has never used a social networking tool is on the verge of obsolescence.

Worship in the Whisper
I remembered when God told Elijah He was going to appear to him. There was a windstorm, an earthquake, and a fire- but no God.  And then finally, God appears. In a gentle whisper.


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