I'm so excited! I've been invited to contribute a chapter to the February 2009 release The Emergent Manifesto of Justice, the sequel to the Emergent Manifesto of Hope (shown right).
In addition I've been asked to be an ongoing contributor to the God's Politics blog, a joint effort by Sojourners and Belief.net, which opens up the ooccasional chance that something I submit can maybe possibly catch the attention of Sojourners magazine. (Here's an interview with Jim Wallis, author of the book God's Politics and CEO of Sojourners, on The Daily Show with John Stewart, my third favorite news source behind NPR and PBS.)
The door has even been opened for me to facilitate a diversity of artistic contribution to an ongoing creative writing column. We'll see what comes of it.
Here's the question that motivates me: How do we tell the stories of our faith in such a way that others—particularly our children—don't have to re-traverse the same valley of shadows we've come through to retain faith?
Many parents have realized that if we share the stories of scripture with our children the way they were told to us, our kids could grow up as miseducated as we ourselves often feel. Why not equip them to chart new territory?
I invite you to join me in re-telling our stories. Submit your re-imaginings of the biblical narrative to the e-mail below, and let's see where God leads us.
Although we may intuitively recognize the need for a 'post-ism' articulation of the biblical narrative, it helps if we can prove a real market for it. Your activity on this blog does that. So don't neglect to invite friends!
3 Comments:
This is great news, man!
I know your voice has helped me, I expect it to help others as well.
I found my way here from the God's Politics Blog, so something's working! Looking forward to wandering around all of your creative efforts!
(Would love to link you, also, if that's okay?)
aerin, absolutely...
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