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Culture Jam and the Radical Reformation
I just finished reading “Culture Jam: How to Reverse America’s Suicidal Consumer Binge–And Why We Must” (Kalle Lasn) for the first time over the weekend. This was another book assigned for Ryan’
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Book Review: How (Not) To Speak of God – Peter Rollins with Special Offer
Peter Rollins founder of the Ikon Community , an emerging church in Ireland, has recently penned “How (Not) to Speak of God” (Peter Rollins).” It is a book that will be important for every church
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Training Violent Behaviors: Media and the Message of Desensitization
I had the opportunity to read a fascinating and very thought provoking book this past week called, “Transforming the Powers: Peace, Justice and the Domination System.” The basic idea of the book is taken
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I Finally Got My NRSV Pocket Bible
Evangelicals like there bibles, and in this way I am absolutely no different than any of my other evangelical brothers and sisters.
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An Ordinary Revolution You Probably Shouldn’t Miss
I just finished Shane Claiborne’s Irresistible Revolution,” which is the first assignment for the class I am teacher’s aid for and I thought it was a fantastic read. In fact, if you’
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Books For An Introduction To Studying Bible and Theology
My housemate Chase and I were having lunch the other day and we started talking about important books that we would use if we were going to teach Bible and Theology students. Now granted
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What Are Your Favorite Quaker Books?
I just finished reading Martin’s post about him finally finishing John Woolman’s Journal and it got me thinking about how I enjoyed Woolman’s journal so much. Then I started thinking more
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John Steinbeck’s East of Eden
A long while back I finished East of Eden, a Novel I’d been working on for months. I wanted to write out some quotes and thoughts I had while I was reading it,
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Emerging Church Resources: A Beginners Reference Guide
When people find out that I am one of Ryan Bolger’s understudies I get asked what I think of the emerging church and frequently what resources are good for people interested in finding
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Reflecting On Your Influences
Every now and then it is a good idea to consider the influences you have in your life, maybe a lull in grace??? as Patrick has called it, is a perfect time. I first
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Ryan Bolger on NPR’s Airtalk
If you get a chance check out Ryan Bolger’s Interview on 89.3 KPCC | AirTalk hosted by Larry Mantle. Find March
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This Month on BarclayPress.com
A couple weeks back I wrote a short post about my review on Ryan Bolger and Eddie Gibbs’s book Emerging Churches
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Emerging Church Book Review and Barclay Press
[this post was edited to reflect the publication of the review on BP]. This weekend I finished two big tasks I’ve
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East of Eden
I’ve been reading East of Eden, the last week and cannot seem to get enough of the book. I began reading it because of the urging of both my boss (Jim)