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Is There Such A Thing As A “Progressive Christian Homeschool Curriculum”?

03.02.2012


I took to my social networks to find out if anyone knew of such a thing as “a progressive Christian homeschool curriculum.” Here’s what I found out …

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Process Theology and the Emergent Church

02.02.2012


The annual Emergent Village Theological Conversation has been going on this week at Claremont School of Theology in Claremont, California. Here’s my attempt at curating the content coming out of #EVTC.

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Missional Conversations with … Kathy Escobar

16.01.2012


Last month, I decided to start a series of monthly #missionalchat conversations on Twitter, on the third Monday of the month. Back in December, the conversation was with Kathy Escobar. Here is my interview with Kathy following that first experimental #missionalchat.

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The Start of a New Year

12.01.2012


Thankfully I’m on the rebound just in time to tell you about some of the things I have coming up, places I’ll be speaking and opportunities to perhaps cross paths with some of you around the country.

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It’s So Much More Than “The Conversation”

06.01.2012


On Wednesday night, I had the opportunity to visit Englewood Christian Church and join them for their community dinner, and it was a treat to sit and talk with Chris Smith about what is happening in and through the church.

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Recap: The Language of Participatory Church

05.01.2012


I predict the conversation about tech lingo will continue to parallel — and deeply inform — the conversation about Christianity and church (how we organize ourselves into religious/faith communities).

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The Language of Participatory Church: ROI

04.01.2012


Next in my series of blog posts on the language of participatory church, I have to talk about ROI (return on investment).

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The Language of Participatory Church: Frictionless Sharing

03.01.2012


Continuing my series of blog posts on the language of participatory church, I want to turn to one of the top tech trends of 2011: frictionless sharing.

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The Language of Participatory Church: Context

01.01.2012


Social media marketing guru Gary Vaynerchuk has said, “If content is king, then context is God.”

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The Language of Participatory Church: Curation

29.12.2011


In the discussion of participatory church, I find it really fascinating that there are really two conversations about radical shifts in culture going on right now that share some of the same language but apply them in different ways. One is the Internet/tech culture and the other is religious culture, specifically Christian culture (as I see it from my perspective).

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