It’s Whoopi Goldberg’s fault. At least I think it’s partly her fault. In the 1992 movie Sister Act a single scene gave a false hope to the Church. In the movie, Whoopi plays an undercover lounge singer hiding under witness protection in a San Francisco convent. She has a hard time fitting in until sheContinueContinue reading “Emergent Worship Letdown: It’s Whoopi Goldberg’s Fault”
Category Archives: Emergent Church
Getting Organized (summer adventure part 2)
I spent July 8-13 in Chicago for the Industrial Areas Foundation’s Community Organizer National Training. This was phase two of my grant work this summer looking at the intersections of emergence, evangelism, and, you guessed it: community organizing. The conference involved long hours in the fluorescent-lit conference rooms of the Doubletree Hotel, but brought together aContinueContinue reading “Getting Organized (summer adventure part 2)”
Organics and Community Organizing (or the summer adventure installment 1)
What do hundreds of pounds of Bok Choy grown by Episcopal nuns and Barack Obama’s presidential campaign have in common? I’m not exactly sure yet. These are the constituent elements of my ruminations over the past couple of weeks, the first in my summer adventure exploring the emergent church and community organizing. I’ll work myContinueContinue reading “Organics and Community Organizing (or the summer adventure installment 1)”
Mike Angell 