Resources « re-dreaming the dream

Detoxing From Church (People come to a place of “detoxing from church” for a variety of reasons, some self-induced (our own danged fault), some simply a growing awareness that we’ve changed and the church hasn’t, and some because of abusive church situations.)

Pooped Pastors (a safe place for pastors to be honest and recieve a little wisdom from Steve Brown)

Humor

The Wittenburg Door (Christian satire)

Tim Hawkins (clean comedy with an edge)

Stuff White Christians Like

Magazines and Webzines

Catalyst Leadership

Geez Magazine (holy mischief in an age of fast faith)

Generate (a forum to retell the stories of the grassroots communities and indiviuals who are finding emergent and alternative means of following Jesus)

Ginkworld (a resource center for all communities of faith desiring to reach out to this generation)

Relevant Magazine (life, God, progressive culture)

The Ooze (church leaders converse about and collaborate on resources and experiences for the broader faith community)

The Other Journal (vibrant discourse at the intersections of theology and culture)

The Porpoise Diving Life (reality for the rest of us)

Missional

Amahoro Africa (seeks to motivate and accompany the local church, both in its development as a community of the Kingdom of God and as an agent of transformation in its African context)

Beautiful Day San Jose, CA (a network of churches and organizations working in to unleash compassion into the local community)

Blood Water Mission Africa (committed to clean blood and clean water to fight the HIV/AIDS pandemic, to build clean wells in Africa)

Catalyst Lake County, IL (mobilizing the Church for spiritual revolution across Chicagoland)

Christian Community Development Association (to inspire, train, and connect Christians who seek to bear witness to the Kingdom of God by reclaiming and restoring under-resourced communities)

Community 4:12 Aurora, IL (going outside the walls of the church and helping to transform an entire community with the compassion and love of Christ)

Everything Must Change (a place where more and more people can become part of the process of understanding, becoming, acting, and joining together to make a difference)

Externally Focused Network (connecting passionate people with practical resources, tools, and relationships that will help them to engage their communities with good news and good deeds resulting in transformed communities and changed lives)

Gospel Poverty (intimacy with Jesus, detachment from the things of this world to be actively involved in sharing the good news of Jesus Christ with the poor, marginalized, and unwanted)

Habitat for Humanity (Christian housing ministry that seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world, and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action)

Lisendeng Soup Kitichen South Africa (provides critical support to an impoverished community, through nutrition, essential medical supplies, access to education and economic sustainability)

Living Generously (innovative and exciting way of making small changes in our lives we can make a big difference to those who need it the most)

Love, INC (mobilizing the Church to transform lives and communities In the Name of Christ)

Missional Apologetics (re-imaging apologetics for today’s world)

One (Americans of all beliefs and every walk of life – united as ONE – to help make poverty history)

Semper Vita (Picture a network of individuals, churches and non-profit organizations in your local community pulling together to benefit those in need.)

Sojourners (faith, politics, culture)

Ten Thousand Villages (fair trade retailer)

The Simple Way Philadelphia,PA (the story of the struggle to love and to be loved)

Networks

Allelon (envisions, inspires, engages, resources, trains and educates leaders for the church and its mission in our culture)

Divine Nobodies (a conversation among nobodies about being free and knowing God beyond religion)

Emergent Village (a growing, generative friendship)

Fermi Project (advancing the common good in culture)

Family Room Media (helping people break free from the burden of religious obligation and to see them enter into the joy and freedom of an intimate relationship with Father)

Lifestream (helping people discover the joy and freedom of relational Christianity)

Missional Tribe

Mustard Seed Associates (creating the future one mustard seed at a time)

Off The Map (presenting stories, ideas and related practices)

Origins (as we are guided by the Scriptures, we will inspire one another to embrace innovation and creativity as a means to fulfill this mission.)

Shapevine (conversation around world changing ideas)

Share (a resource for people leading and supporting fresh expressions of church)

Simple Church (a new Social Networking site for those exploring simple expressions of church)
Papers

What Is The Emerging Church?
Scott McKnight
A delightful scholarly, thorough, and fair evaluation of the EC
(pdf)
30 pages

Notes On The Missional Church
Bob Hyatt
(pdf)
11 pages

Calling All Peacemakers
Rob Bell
(pdf)
34 slides

The Emerging Church
Aaron Monts
(pdf)
58 pages

Jesus Verses the System
Glenn Hager
Published in The Porpoise Diving Life Webzine

Podcasts

Doug Paggit

Erwin McManus

Rob Bell

Steve Brown

itunes (They are all available here, as well, and it’s free upon downloading itunes.)

Research

Nation Master (a massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations)

Sites Unseen (an exhaustive roundup of “alternative” Christian resources.

The Barna Group (provides primary research, printed resources; leadership development; spiritual training; and church facilitation and enhancement)

The Pew Forum (promotes a deeper understanding of issues at the intersection of religion and public affairs)

Zip Skinny (U.S. census date comparisons)

Technical

Purple Cow Websites (specializes in not only designing your website, but also helping you to clearly define and communicate your website objectives)

Foundational Writings

These “foundational writings” are about three years old and they will give you some idea about how I have processed what I have encountered on my journey in the recent past.

Hologram… Bringing Things Into Focus
My calling and experience
(pdf)
2 pages

Groovy… Facing Reality
The state of the American Evangelical Church
(pdf)
6 pages

Dreaming… Re-dreaming the Dream
A fresh expression of the church
(pdf)
15 pages

Shifting
Needed shifts in the contemporary church
(pdf)
6 pages

Re-dreaming The Dream
Acts 2:41-47
(pdf)
7 pages

Authentic Spiritual Leadership
Philippians1:3-11
(pdf)
6 pages