Posted by Spencer Burke on Apr 14, 2009 in Blog, ThinkFWD, Video | View Comments
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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Posted by Spencer Burke on Apr 7, 2009 in Blog, ThinkFWD, Video | View Comments
“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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Posted by Spencer Burke on Mar 30, 2009 in Blog, ThinkFWD, Video | View Comments
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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