Mike Yaconelli "colored outside the lines his whole life. He was one of the founders of The Wittenburg Door. He was also co-founder of Youth Specialties, which has had a tremendous impact on how we understand and help teens in this culture. By his own confession he was the pastor of "the slowest growing church in America. He was also an advocate of what he calls "messy spirituality" and wrote a book by the same title: Messy Spirituality: God's Annoying Love for Imperfect People. I talked with Mike about this book in 2002 and he was tragically killed in an accident in his truck in 2003.
If William Wilberforce was alive today, what might he consider the world's leading injustices and what might he do about them? This podcast includes audience questions and answers with sociologists Dr. Kevin Neuhouser and Dr. Jennifer McKinney of Seattle Pacific University and Rev. Ken Kierstead of University Presbyterian Church. In the earlier segments we also heard from Deana Berg from Agros, Kristy Dokes from Acting on Aids And Jeff Keenan, co-author of "Our Day to End Poverty." We also enjoyed vignettes from William Wilberforce's life performed by Dr. George Scranton, theatre professor at Seattle Pacific University, as adapted from Murray Watt’s play, "The Walk."
If William Wilberforce was alive today, what might he consider the world's leading injustices and what might he do about them? We discuss this with individuals representing three Seattle-based initiatives dealing with justice issues. Deana Berg from Agros, Kristy Dokes from Acting on Aids and Jeff Keenan, co-author of "Our Day to End Poverty." We also enjoy a second vignette from William Wilberforce’s life performed by Dr. George Scranton, theatre professor at Seattle Pacific University, as adapted from Murray Watt's play, "The Walk."
If William Wilberforce was alive today, what might he consider the world's leading injustices and what might he do about them? We take up this question with sociologists Dr. Kevin Neuhouser and Dr. Jennifer McKinney of Seattle Pacific University and Rev. Ken Kierstead of University Presbyterian Church in Seattle. We also enjoy a vignette from Wilberforce's life performed by Dr. George Scranton, theatre professor at Seattle Pacific University, as adapted from Murray Watt's play, "The Walk." William Wilberforce was a British politician and philanthropist who joined Parliament in 1780 at the age of 21. In 1785 Wilberforce underwent a spiritual encounter, which he described as a conversion experience. He resolved to commit his future life and work wholly in the service of God, and one of the people he received advice from was John Newton, the leading evangelical Anglican clergyman. All those he sought advice from, including the future Prime Minister William Pitt, counseled him to remain in politics. He began a lifelong campaign to end slavery. His commitment to fighting for justice was exemplary and tonight we ask—were Wilberforce alive today—what would he consider the world's leading injustices—and what might he do about them? Post your comments below.
Today excerpts from my new book, " The Culturally Savvy Christian: A Manifesto for Deepening Faith and Enriching Popular Culture in an Age of Christianity-Lite" due for release on April 16. Pre-order at amazon today! In 1967, as a new follower of Jesus, I sat in San Francisco's Fillmore West between two guys who were smoking marijuana, listening to Jefferson Airplane, way before the trendy bracelet told me to, I asked myself, "What would Jesus do?" 55
This talk, recently delivered at International Arts Movement's conference, with additional images are available at www.makotofujimura.blogspot.com "Little Lamb, I'll tell thee, Little Lamb, I'll tell thee, He is called by thy name, For he calls himself a Lamb." Songs of Innocence, The Lamb, William Blake. "Tyger! Tyger! Burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame they fearful symmetry?" Songs of Experience, The Tyger, William Blake
1. Inviting Monsters into our Hearts. A child uses all of her senses to discover the world. She picks up and finds fascination with a dandelion, feels the bumpy bark of a tree, tastes the baseball, smells the fallen leaf. If you asked a room full of kindergarteners, "Raise your hand if you are an artist!"Almost every child would raise his hand. 55
• Last week's academy awards showed American imperialism is alive and well as evidenced by these observations by NYT's David Carr. Drawing a sports analogy my Scottish friend Bill Hogg would ask–does the World Series determine the world champion baseball team or just the champion of the US? My friend Marty O'Donnell just returned from taping two weeks of personalities for "Halo III," and reports that during the Oscars people in Hollywood really believe the entire world is focused on them and they honerstly believe the Anna Nicole Smith story belongs on the front page. Here is what Carr reports: "Old-line Hollywood studios, confronted over the last few years by indifferent audiences and an insurgent collection of independent film makers, declared dominion over the industry's crowning event. Last year the industry was a bystander at its own party and was probably left to wonder how an event conceived for studio self-congratulation had been kidnapped by a bunch of people who couldn't get a good table at Ivy if their lives depended on it. The first part of this year's Academy Awards seemed to following the same script: a polyglot of languages, cobbled-together indie efforts and little movies that accomplished big things. 55
On this podcast we discuss the theology of the five films nominated for best picture at the academy awards: Babel, The Departed, Letters from Iwo Jima, Little Miss Sunshine, The Queen. Our distinguished panel consists of Jeffrey Overstreet, prolific film critic and author of Through a Screen Darkly, Stefan Ulstein, film critic, educator and author of Growing Up Fundamentalist and Jennie Spohr, producer TKM and filmmaker
On this podcast we contune our discussion of the theology of the five films nominated for best picture at the academy awards: Babel, The Departed, Letters from Iwo Jima, Little Miss Sunshine andThe Queen. Our distinguished panel consists of Jeffrey Overstreet, prolific film critic and author of Through a Screen Darkly, Stefan Ulstein, film critic, educator and author of Growing Up Fundamentalist and Jennie Spohr, producer TKM and filmmaker.
