A Different Perspective

http://www.alanhartung.com/podcasts/a-different-perspective-17.mp3
John O’Keefe of Ginkworld and I discuss various issues related to the emerging church, his move to the east coast, and Ginktionary.
Show Notes:

:48 Baptists at our Barbecue
1:17 Talking Politics
9:11 No more participating on the anti-emerging church sites for me
13:53 A conversation with John O’Keefe
Another conversation podcast… next week! Scot McKnight, who blogs at Jesus [...]

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Jill Carroll | The Christian Science Monitor | csmonitor.com:
After her release in Baghdad Thursday, Jill Carroll was dropped off near an office of the Iraqi Islamic Party, according to Iraqi police. From there, she was able to speak with US officials, and was briefly interviewed by Baghdad TV. She said she was treated well by [...]

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Rankings are so fickle, aren’t they? For whatever reason, I’m number one when you do a search for “emerging church” in iTunes podcasts. I’m sure that’ll last a day (though I’m not even sure how long I’ve been at that position).
So one of the least prolific, albeit the first, emerging church podcasts has decent visibility.
I [...]

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Although I think it was pretty much clear from the time Sayid tortured him that “Henry Gale” was an “Other” on Lost, it became crystal clear tonight that he was not who he said he was. In fact, Henry Gale is the name of a man buried where his “wife” should have been buried.
Now, with [...]

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iTunes keeps getting better…
Get the All New Season Pass from iTunes. Get Automatic Downloads of Available Shows on the Go!
You can order a season pass for several TV shows now, which includes currently aired episodes and all future episodes in the season.
Desperate Housewives, Lost, South Park, and others are already available.
I may have considered Lost, [...]

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The Kansas City Royals picked up Tony Graffanino on waivers from the Boston Red Sox today. I liked Graff when he played for KC, but I feel like McEwing should have been given a shot. He’s been extremely hot all spring, and he deserved a chance.
Graff should be a regular second baseman and not a [...]

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Briefing on media accusations against Christian Peacemaker Teams:
Since Christian peace activist Norman Kember returned to Britain on 23 March 2006, following four months of captivity in Iraq, numerous media outlets have printed hostile, inaccurate, poorly researched and sometime vitriolic accusations against him and his colleagues.
Ekklesia, the respected UK religious think tank, which has also developed [...]

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New Blogging Tool For Christians Only:

If you hate Microsoft MySpace then here is something that will REALLY get under your skin. Xianz is a new blogging system and social networking system for Christians only. . . . Christians only? WHAT?

You have to be a Christian to sign up to Xianz.com – sounds to me like [...]

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The Church finds its identity in this unified, complementary rhythm of being a people and a community, both within a city or culture and within the larger worldwide context. People and community together constitute what the New Testament means by ekklesia, the called-out and called-together Church of God.
Snyder focuses on the Church’s unique identity as [...]

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NSA Might Listen to Lawyer Calls:
Responding to questions from Congress, the Justice Department says confidential calls between doctors and patients or attorneys and clients are not off limits to NSA warrentless surveillance — and such material can be used in court. It’s all legal says DOJ.
(Via Wired News.)
Also of interesting note in the article is [...]

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