Conference Call – Tony Campolo and Spencer Burke – The Power of Story

Wed. Feb. 16th at 10am PST (West Coast)

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We will explore the power of story. Tony is an amazing story teller and has shared many of his favorites in his latest book:

Stories That Feed Your Soul

One of the best ways to tell the Grand Story of the gospel is to tell stories of everyday life where God is at work . . . just as Jesus did during His earthly ministry. In Stories That Feed Your Soul, a collection of stories from bestselling author Tony Campolo’s life-long friendships and international travels, you will see the gospel at work around the world. These inspiring and provocative stories center on eight gospel themes: Intimacy with God - Freedom from condemnation - New life in Christ - Praying in the Spirit - The call to rescue creation - Living with hope - God’s plans for us - The assurance we need from God. Whether humorous or poignant, each story is an unforgettable echo of God at work around and within us.

“Tony Campolo is professor emeritus of sociology at Eastern University, a former faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania, and the founder and president of the Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education.  He has written more than 35 books, blogs regularly at his website, redletterchristians.org, and can also be found on both Facebook and Twitter.  Dr. Campolo and his wife Peggy live near Philadelphia and have two children and four grandchildren”

SeedStories is a new series of phone interviews with authors, advocates, artists and innovators tackling topics in the context of Church Planting hosted by Spencer Burke.

The call will be posted and podcasted at http://SpencerBurke.com

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“ABSENCE”

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Conference Call – Maggi Dawn and Spencer Burke – Hybrid Expressions of Church

Wed. Nov. 10th at 10am PST (West Coast)

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We will explore some possibilities for “Hybrid” expressions of Church – integrating a wide variety of methods. Join Spencer Burke as he hosts a new SeedStories Conference call with Maggi Dawn. We will talk about the need to work both inside and outside of the systems, institutions and structures – the pros and cons / benefits and obstacles of each approach.

Maggi Dawn is an author and theologian. She began her professional life as a singer-songwriter, but later after reading for a degree and a PhD in theology turned her creative talents to writing books. Maggi is currently based at the University of Cambridge (UK) where she is Chaplain and Fellow in Theology at Robinson College. Maggi lives in Cambridge with her son.

SeedStories is a new series of phone interviews with authors, advocates, artists and innovators tackling topics in the context of Church Planting hosted by Spencer Burke.

The call will be posted and podcasted at http://SpencerBurke.com

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One of a kind interactive, informal discussion with N.T. Wright, Rita Brock and Richard Rohr. Host Spencer Burke invites these leading influential voices in Christianity to engage the question; “What does Paradise and Evil Look Like in a Post 9/11 World”? This was recorded in October of 2007. The observations and prediction about Health Care, Financial Greed and the Empty Returns from War are insightful. They also offer some ways forward that are as relevant today as they were 3 years ago.

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“INDIVIDUAL”

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“FIRST”

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Spencer Burke hosts a conversation between Jeff Jarvis (author – “What Would Google Do?”) and the participants at “Theology After Google”. This segment explores the relationship between the Traditional Church and technology. Jeff challenges the Church to buy a number of flip cameras and set them free (not just give them to staff members). He goes on to imagine what might happen and the implications for the Church. This is a fun and playful exchange between the audience, an expert in the field of technology / democratize voice and a leading figure encouraging the Church to risk engagement with the world / culture.

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“ESCAPE”

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“STORY”

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I was interviewed by Alex over at Skepitiko.com – you can listen to the full 41 min. episode HERE.

Here is an excerpt from the podcast:

Spencer Burke: It is our ability to begin to grasp and understand it today… I think the thing that’s going to be interesting because I take a long view of history personally. So let’s say 10,000 years from now the Christian Church or the Christians look back at us in the early nostalgic age of early Christianity in the year 2000. Think about all the understanding and knowledge and discovery that they will have had. It’s kind of looking back at the first century church or whatever. We just didn’t have some of the tools to be able to understand what we know now.

Alex Tsakiris: I think that’s so insightful and it points the way towards where that place might be. It sends your mind in a completely different place, doesn’t it?

Spencer Burke: And it might even give us a little bit of freedom to be able to hold things a little bit loosely in the sense of saying what I have right now, if I lose it I lose who I am. That’s a difficult place to be. But if you say, “Here’s who I am today,” now I have the freedom and strength in this position and place to continue to journey and move forward without the fear or worry of discovering, learning, growing, evolving, whatever words you want to use. Maturing in the way. Everything from science to religion has language to be able to let you do that. Why are we so afraid of that?

Alex Tsakiris: Spencer, you are onto something there. I think that’s awesome. That’s really beautiful and I haven’t heard anyone really articulate it in that way. So great, I am really, really fascinated to see where that goes for you.