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Doing Church in a Media-Drenched Culture It has been said, "the
future is now." From cell phones to mp3 players to the Internet, no
previous age has seen such profound change manifested so quickly.
But these thrilling, dizzying transformations are forcing the
church to decide where it fits in all this progress. Shane Hipps
presents the promise and peril of the emerging culture and its
relationship to the emerging church. Looking beyond the details of
what's happening in communities of faith, Hipps analyzes the
broader impact of technology and media on the church while engaging
readers with questions such as: * Is media/technology
value-neutral? * How has technology changed the way we think about
Scripture, community, and worship? * What cultural opportunities
has the church missed? * How should the church position itself to
take advantage of coming cultural trends? Providing both history
and prophecy, The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture invites us to
engage new cultural realities while staying connected to our
spiritual heritage.
Theology, says Brian McLaren, is at its best when it is in
conversation with the wild world that flourishes beyond our walls
and outside our windows and cities. In God Unbound, McLaren follows
his love of nature all the way to the Galapagos Islands. There, he
pays close attention to the flora and fauna around him but also to
what is happening within him, how the natural world awakens his
soul in a way that organized religion cannot. The result is a
sparkling and engrossing theology which refuses to remain indoors.
2010 Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year Award winner: culture
category 2010 Golden Canon Leadership Book Award winner Relevant
Magazine Top 20 Best Overall Books of 2009 winner Englewood Review
of Books: Top 20 Best Overall Books of 2009 winner Christian
Manifesto 2009 Lime Award winner Andrew Marin's life changed
forever when his three best friends came out to him in three
consecutive months. Suddenly he was confronted with the gay,
lesbian, bisexual and transgender community (GLBT) firsthand. And
he was compelled to understand how he could reconcile his friends
to his faith. In an attempt to answer that question, he and his
wife relocated to Boystown, a predominantly GLBT community in
Chicago. And from his experience and wrestling has come his book,
Love Is an Orientation, a work which elevates the conversation
between Christianity and the GLBT community, moving the focus from
genetics to gospel, where it really belongs. Why are so many people
who are gay wary of people who are Christians? Do GLBT people need
to change who they are? Do Christians need to change what they
believe?Love Is an Orientation is changing the conversation about
sexuality and spirituality, and building bridges from the GLBT
community to the Christian community and, more importantly, to the
good news of Jesus Christ.
Description: How do we undergird Christian enthusiasm with
Christian substance? Brief Christian Histories combines biblical
and ecclesial history in a single volume, taking readers through
4000 years of our religion's history using four themes of interest:
WHO has led us? HOW have we been guided ethically? WHAT have been
our faith practices and pieties? WHERE have we interacted with
culture, and to what effect? Reading any one chapter will give
readers a feel for the Christian narrative as a whole. Reading two
or more narratives will broaden readers' understanding of where we
have come from--all to help understand this big religion of ours,
deepen ourselves in it, and keep our faith fresh and moving
forward. We move for God's New Order (basileia)--about which Jesus
taught, for which he taught us to pray, and into which he invites
our enthusiastic, substantive sojourning.
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People of Compassion (Paperback)
Dave Andrews; Illustrated by Ann E Marshall; Introduction by Brian McLaren
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Not Religion but Love (Paperback)
Dave Andrews; Foreword by Charles Ringma; Brian McLaren
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Children know God. They encounter God in diverse ways as they walk
along the spiritual journey. Amidst this diversity, four distinct
avenues for connecting with God emerge in the lives of children:
word, emotion, symbol, and action. These are the four spiritual
styles, broad approaches to spirituality and faith through which
children experience God and make sense of their lives in the world
around them.Children's Ministry that Fits blends insightful
research, relevant theory, and practical ministry into a guidebook
for discovering and understanding children's spiritual styles.
Drawing from theology, personal experience, and the spiritual lives
of children, David M. Csinos offers practical wisdom that will help
pastors, parents, and teachers to move beyond one-size-fits-all
approaches to children's ministry and begin nurturing the spiritual
lives of children in welcoming and inclusive environments.
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Branded Faith (Paperback)
Rajkumar Dixit; Foreword by Brian McLaren
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