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Defining the Emergent Christian movement is a little like defining the color blue to someone who has never seen or experienced it. Critics say the emergent movement is simply another wishy-washy liberal watering down of the gospel. Tony Jones, in his new book The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier, disagrees. In Whosoever's 22nd Godcast, Jones tells us why, to him, the emergent movement is a "third way" between religious conservatives and liberals.
Whosoever May/June 2008
Issue Theme: This Little Light of Mine
Featured Articles:
Strike a Match
By: Candace Chellew-Hodge
To let our light truly shine, we must – we must – come out. If we are going to change the framing story about GLBT people, we must tell our stories. We must be vocal. We must step out of the shadows and shine!
To Be - or Not?
By: Melissa Capers
"YOU ARE," Jesus assures us, "the light of the world." Our task, I think, is to believe it: "We are the light of the world." Now, and in our entirety. Our task, then, is just to be.
The World Meets God: Mediating an Introduction
By: Lori Heine
We, in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Christian community, can show the world some new things about God. Not really new, of course, but apparently unknown to all too many because the religious establishment never mentions them.
Becoming a Transcended Christian
An Interview with Daniel Helminiak
By: Candace Chellew-Hodge
To become a transcended Christian, one must do more than do good and seek justice. Even fundamentalist Christians can do that, Helminiak said.
God's Symphony in G major!
By: Johan Reiners
As a gay person it lifts me up knowing I'm not a jingle, but a symphony. Not completed yet, but a masterpiece in progress. God's Symphony in G major!
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"Freedom"
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
-2 Corinthians 3:17
Each July 4 in the United States we celebrate our freedom. We mark out Independence Day with hot dogs, parades and fireworks.
How do we celebrate our freedom in Christ? What does it mean to have the freedom that the Spirit of the Lord brings to us? Is this freedom to do as we please, freedom to act without regard for others? Or, does this kind of freedom come with certain responsibilities to ourselves and to others?
We'll explore these questions and more in the July/August 2008 issue of Whosoever. If you would like to write on this topic, or any other topic, please send an email to the editor.
