Posts Tagged "Christianity"

Conversations – Jeff Javis and Spencer Burke – Flip Cam and the Church

Conversations – Jeff Javis and Spencer Burke – Flip Cam and the Church

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...

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Conversations – The Future of Christianity and the Church

Conversations – The Future of Christianity and the Church

N.T. Wright, Father Richard Rohr and Brennan Manning were invited by Spencer Burke to engage the question “What Does the Future of the Church Look Like”? This is a unique, candid and surprising interaction between 3 highly respected and diverse leaders in the Church. The conversation is refreshing, informal and happened after a few days of developing friendships at a small gathering...

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ThinkFWD – Efrem Smith – Can the Church Become Post-Racial?

ThinkFWD – Efrem Smith – Can the Church Become Post-Racial?

Pastor Efrem Smith and Spencer Burke take a break at the National Pastor’s Convention in San Diego, California, to talk about the dream of a Church that transcends the lines of race, ethnicity and theological divides. Although he grew up going to an all-black church, Efrem remembers attending an event when he was 17 where there were multiple races and ethnicities gathered together and he...

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ThinkFWD – Makoto Fujimura – The Fine Art of Tension

ThinkFWD – Makoto Fujimura – The Fine Art of Tension

“God wants us to experience life deeply and art is one way to help us do that,” says painter Makoto Fujimura. Spencer Burke drops in on Mako at his New York City art studio where he is working on what he calls a “hybrid” painting–a collision of heaven and earth. Mako describes how his painting explores what it might look and feel like for heaven to invade earth,...

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ThinkFWD – Shane Claiborne – Circus Theology

ThinkFWD – Shane Claiborne – Circus Theology

Spencer Burke interviews Shane Claiborne about his thoughts on community and social justice. Throughout the interview Shane is juggling with his friend Joe on the lawn of Princeton. Shane says, “Community is about surrounding ourselves with people who look like the person we want to become. When you surround yourself with folks like that, they rub off on you, and hopefully they move...

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