Hi, Lovers – In 2012, the late-great Phyllis Tickle said in her book, The Great Emergence, that every 500 years, the Church goes through a rummage sale, and cleans out the old forms of spirituality and replaces it with new ones. The last big rummage sale was the Protestant Reformation which began 499 years […]
Hi, Lovers – You man have noted that with the repeat of the Brian McLaren episode (episode 72) and the interview with Rick Ufford-Chase (episode 76) a them is emerging, or rather re-emerging, here on Love in a Dangerous Time. In March of 2015 I posted a kind of a manifesto called #Church2B. In […]
Hi, Lovers – Welcome to Love in a Dangerous Time, where we take a cool and honest look at the huge transitions that are occurring in the Church. Today, we are so on-topic it’s scary. My guest, Rick Ufford-Chase is the former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church USA, which is that denomination’s highest […]
Christian Piatt is my guest on this episode. You may know him from his books or from the Homebrewed Culture Cast – a podcast I never miss. Christian and some collaborators have put together an amazing web-based, community powered publishing group that offers a great way for new and niche authors self-publish books that may […]
Today’s episode combines theatre, music and spirituality. I know many of you, like me, see all three of those as aspects of the same thing. And so does Mario Biagini, main force behind The Open Program, which is based in Florence, Italy, but comes to New York every few months to do some of their […]
This is the latest in the CONVERSION(S) series. The idea here is that we all have many conversions in our life that define who we are a Christians, and that the stories of those conversions is often fascinating. For most people, a conversion kind of “happens” to them. They’re in some situation where they’re […]
[This interview was originally presented on Episode 42 of Love in a Dangerous Time, in October of 2014] Lovers! This is the beginning of the third year of the podcast. The first episode dropped on September 8 of 2014 and today is September 12. So happy anniversary to all of us. I have a […]
Summer is almost over and I hope it has been going well for you. I’m in the throes of moving these days, so sometimes I may be a little distracted. I think I’ll be able to stick to my schedule of a new episode every other Monday till after Labor Day, when we’ll return to […]
Everyone has a story about how they got where they are, and some of the most interesting stories come from the experience of becoming a “convert” to a faith tradition. Often it’s the thrill of running down the aisle in an alter call to be “saved”, or it might be a quiet moment of suddenly […]
This is a very special edition of Love in a Dangerous Time. It’s special for two reasons. First, this episode was recorded on the GooseCast Stage at the Wild Goose Festival, on July 8, 2016. The Wild Goose, as most of you know, is where Spirit, Justice, Music & Art come together and over 3000 people […]
Last fall, I heard the conversion story of a friend here in New York. In many ways it was a typical testimony of how Jesus’ love made her world ok. This kind of a story doesn’t usually move me. I keep thinking that there’s got to be something more here than feeling good. But she […]
Hey, Lovers. Welcome to Love in a Dangerous Time. It’s so good to be back with you. Things are a little slower in the summer, so I’m going to install a summer schedule to try to even it out a bit. You’ve already noticed that I haven’t been my usual machine-like self, with a new […]
“Because the world is not at peace, any conduct – individual, group or mass – that essentially maintains the status quo, or admits only slow change, is not real commitment to peace. To achieve peace, we must be revolutionaries, nonviolent revolutionaries.” – Danilo Dolci (1924-1997), Italian social activist & poet Hi, Lovers – My guest today […]
Lovers! It’s so good to be with you again. I have a very interesting guest today, but first I want to talk with you about The Wild Goose Festival. The Goose will take flight on Thursday, July 7 and come in for a landing on Sunday, July 10. It all takes place in beautiful […]
Hi, Lovers – Before I launch into today’s – very special – episode of Love in a Dangerous Time, I want to give you some really great news!!! This year, the Wild Goose Festival will feature a special stage devoted to the many progressive Christian podcasts that you and I listen to all the time. And, […]
“Probably the best known statement about charity, approaching the status of a truism, is, ‘Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach him how to fish and he eats for a lifetime.’ This has been supplemented by various further suggestions, including investigating who owns the pond, forming a fishing collective, or […]
Today we’re going to talk with a couple of people who are taking the whole idea of ministry to a new, and really fun, level. We’ll talk about “Carnival de Resistance,” with Tevyn East and Jay Beck. But first, I want to apologize for doing only one episode in the month of April. Of course, […]
Today we take on Climate Change. My guest is Beth Ackerman, who’s a member of The Riverside Church, here in New York – only four blocks from the Love in a Dangerous Time world headquarters. Beth is the sparkplug who started a very exciting movement among Riversiders to take action on this life-or-death issue facing […]
We have another musical show for you today, featuring Charles Pettee, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, who has taken the Psalms and set them to bluegrass style music. This is really going to be fun, so stick around. Today’s program is going to take us into the Psalms. I have to confess that in my […]
These days, a lot of people are leaving the Church communities they grew up with and not really replacing it with anything. They feel that they are deeply spiritual people, but find their churches and denominations to be oppressive and insular. Some folks are refocusing their view of Christianity and launching themselves into a faith […]
