::conversation outside the bubble

• Dr King didn’t say I have a complaint, an analysis, a critique, a program! • Awakening the Dream o Suicidal system in part 1 o Which Jesus o Local input ? Each time we make progress, we awaken again to the next new possibility. We keep stepping up. Slavery, women’s right, charity, politics, compassion, [...]

How are these issues playing out in your local community/congregation? • Panel includes a Unitarian Universalist, Roman Catholic, Artist from Wicker Park Grace Church, Lynn Hybels from Willow, Bob from First United Church of Oak Park • How do you make this revolution of hope happen? o Through the revolution of the church ? Church [...]

McLaren – Which Jesus? • Driscoll (a known critic of emergent, McLaren, Bell, Pagitt, etc) – http://reformedreader.wordpress.com/2008/03/28/driscoll-on-the-emergent-jesus/ also look at http://www.nateberends.com/blog/archives/168 • Left Behind Jesus – regarding a Jesus who destroys the “wicked” • Baby Jesus – Talladega Nights • The Jesus that only came to save you from hell • Matthew 16:13 – “When [...]

McLaren – Waking up from a really bad dream • Our hope for the weekend is to wake up to a better dream o Deepening the dream in our hearts o Embodying our dreams o Inviting and working with others in collaboration • A story about a youth group and a flip chart (McLaren years [...]

My wife and I were able to join a group from Potters Wheel in Janesville, WI and converge upon Oak Park, IL this weekend to a conference called Deep Shift – Everything Must Change. The first person I saw as we walked in the door was a lady I have had a chance to talk [...]