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Important insight today from my friend Randy Woodley: open.substack.com/pub/rwoodley...
With Friends Like This: Exposing Trump's Anti-Indian Campaign
This is historical revisionism designed to erase Indigenous contributions while celebrating their oppressors.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Important insight today from my friend Randy Woodley: open.substack.com/pub/rwoodley...
Why come to the Southern Lights Conference in January 2026? brianmclaren.net/why-should-y...
Why Should You Come to Southern Lights? - Brian McLaren
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November 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Why come to the Southern Lights Conference in January 2026? brianmclaren.net/why-should-y...
To all my Pentecostal and Charismatic friends - here is a wise and timely love letter from my dear friend Samuel Lee. Please let me know what you think, and if you agree with Samuel, please spread this message to your networks. www.samlee.org/single-post/...
The Plea of a Brother: Toward Renewal in Independent Pentecostal and Charismatic Communities
A call to repentance, reformation, and rediscovery of true PentecostI write this not as an outsider or critic, but as one who has walked this Pentecostal road for more than three decades — as clergy, ...
www.samlee.org
November 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
To all my Pentecostal and Charismatic friends - here is a wise and timely love letter from my dear friend Samuel Lee. Please let me know what you think, and if you agree with Samuel, please spread this message to your networks. www.samlee.org/single-post/...
Why I so highly recommend Diana Butler Bass's new book, A Beautiful Year; brianmclaren.net/a-beautiful-...
Available here: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Available here: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
A Beautiful Book in an Ugly Time - Brian McLaren
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November 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Why I so highly recommend Diana Butler Bass's new book, A Beautiful Year; brianmclaren.net/a-beautiful-...
Available here: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Available here: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
Today I went to a US government website and read the blatant lies and propaganda the Trump administration has posted there about the shutdown. If you are still a supporter of Trump, I hope you will ask yourself what "too far" might be for you, and whether this is it. Thanks for considering this.
October 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Today I went to a US government website and read the blatant lies and propaganda the Trump administration has posted there about the shutdown. If you are still a supporter of Trump, I hope you will ask yourself what "too far" might be for you, and whether this is it. Thanks for considering this.
If my work has been of value to you, and if you do year-end giving, would you consider this? donorbox.org/founder-s-fa...
To learn more about ZOEonCampus, check out www.zoeoncampus.com
To learn more about ZOEonCampus, check out www.zoeoncampus.com
Founder's Fall Challenge 2025 | Zoe: Progressive Christian Life on Campus (Powered by Donorbox)
ZOE's co-founders, Brian McLaren and Jim Burklo, have thrown down the ZOE FOUNDERS' FALL CHALLENGE - match their $30,000 total gift and help get ZOE to our goal of $60,000 by the end of the year!Prog...
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October 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
If my work has been of value to you, and if you do year-end giving, would you consider this? donorbox.org/founder-s-fa...
To learn more about ZOEonCampus, check out www.zoeoncampus.com
To learn more about ZOEonCampus, check out www.zoeoncampus.com
It would be hard to convey the spirit of Jim Finley in a few words and a single photograph, but my friend Daniel Epstein did so ... beautifully: portraitsinfaith.org/james-finley/
James Finley
Portraits in Faith is not about religion. It is about documenting the role of spiritual experience inside and outside of formal religion, expected and unexpected, told in people’s own words, and broug...
portraitsinfaith.org
October 14, 2025 at 1:41 PM
It would be hard to convey the spirit of Jim Finley in a few words and a single photograph, but my friend Daniel Epstein did so ... beautifully: portraitsinfaith.org/james-finley/
"We neither grasp the power of capital nor the capital of power." -- Rev. David Moore. More insight here: open.substack.com/pub/davidnmo...
“Black Republican” Part Two
The Logic of Black Conservatism:
open.substack.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:12 PM
"We neither grasp the power of capital nor the capital of power." -- Rev. David Moore. More insight here: open.substack.com/pub/davidnmo...
"Buddha called it non-attachment. The Hindus call it vairāgya, acting without clinging to results. In Islam, it’s zuhd—the simplicity that keeps the heart soft to God. The Taoists talk about wu wei, the way of doing less so that life can move through you...." (1/2)
Silence on Aisle Nine
(or The Sound of Being Enough)
lifedeathcomedy.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"Buddha called it non-attachment. The Hindus call it vairāgya, acting without clinging to results. In Islam, it’s zuhd—the simplicity that keeps the heart soft to God. The Taoists talk about wu wei, the way of doing less so that life can move through you...." (1/2)
"A nation can be great and still fail at being good." Kelly Burton. More here: thepublicintellectual.substack.com?utm_campaign...
The Public Intellectual | Kelly Burton | Substack
A place for deep takes, not hot takes. Click to read The Public Intellectual, by Kelly Burton, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
thepublicintellectual.substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"A nation can be great and still fail at being good." Kelly Burton. More here: thepublicintellectual.substack.com?utm_campaign...
What do you say to comfort "a people ruled by a verbally incontinent and mentally limited codger reduced to repeating the same silliness over and over"? More Bill McKibben brilliance here: open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
The Stupidest Speech in UN History
Everyone's saying so!
open.substack.com
September 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
What do you say to comfort "a people ruled by a verbally incontinent and mentally limited codger reduced to repeating the same silliness over and over"? More Bill McKibben brilliance here: open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
What an important and enjoyable conversation! You can watch it on youtube here: youtu.be/VTxVO-e2f0Q?..., or listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
Faith, Love, and Courage After Collapse:A Conversation with Brian McLaren, Author of Life After Doom
YouTube video by The Way Forward: Regenerative Conversations
youtu.be
September 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
What an important and enjoyable conversation! You can watch it on youtube here: youtu.be/VTxVO-e2f0Q?..., or listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...
Another wise voice I hope you'll listen to ... open.substack.com/pub/davidnmo...
Indigenous Wisdom and Black Futures
At the Crossroads of Empire and Spirit
open.substack.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Another wise voice I hope you'll listen to ... open.substack.com/pub/davidnmo...
A brilliant, insightful, and often funny voice I recommend you pay attention to: open.substack.com/pub/dgutierr...
Everything Belongs (Even on the Tracks)
(or two Kirks, a smirk, and a runaway trolley)
open.substack.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
A brilliant, insightful, and often funny voice I recommend you pay attention to: open.substack.com/pub/dgutierr...
"Everything Black people have endured in this country has been under democracy — not outside it. Time and again, American democracy has cleared the way for powerful men to do whatever they want." Truth from the brilliant Kelly Burton: more here: thepublicintellectual.substack.com?utm_campaign...
The Public Intellectual | Kelly Burton | Substack
A place for deep takes, not hot takes. Click to read The Public Intellectual, by Kelly Burton, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
thepublicintellectual.substack.com
September 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"Everything Black people have endured in this country has been under democracy — not outside it. Time and again, American democracy has cleared the way for powerful men to do whatever they want." Truth from the brilliant Kelly Burton: more here: thepublicintellectual.substack.com?utm_campaign...
Reposted
When the future feels uncertain, perhaps the real question is: how will we show up?
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August 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
When the future feels uncertain, perhaps the real question is: how will we show up?
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My thoughts: those who oppose gun reform are complicit in America’s mass shootings. My prayers: that voters will throw out all those politicians who love guns (and NRA backing) more than children and their families.
August 28, 2025 at 1:55 AM
My thoughts: those who oppose gun reform are complicit in America’s mass shootings. My prayers: that voters will throw out all those politicians who love guns (and NRA backing) more than children and their families.
If you have ears to hear ... youtu.be/RJiwovX3mNA?...
The Great Caucasian God
YouTube video by Jesse Welles
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August 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
If you have ears to hear ... youtu.be/RJiwovX3mNA?...
Friends in and around Nashville (and beyond) - you might be interested in this. I'm looking forward to being part of it! faithjustice.net/fall-gatheri...
Fall Gathering 2025: Resilient Faith - Center for Faith and Justice
Resilient Faith: Finding Our Way in Uncertain Times Sep 11-13, 2025 | Nashville, TN In a world marked by division […]
faithjustice.net
August 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Friends in and around Nashville (and beyond) - you might be interested in this. I'm looking forward to being part of it! faithjustice.net/fall-gatheri...
A good conversation with an old friend about my new book here: www.bigfootbooksnc.com/blog/brian-m...
Brian McLaren interview about his new sci-fi novel “The Last Voyage” — Bigfoot Books & Brews
Brian McLaren, author of the new science fiction novel The Last Voyage, sits down with Bigfoot Books & Brews co-owner Stephen Knight for a conversation about the book, the climate crisis, and whether ...
www.bigfootbooksnc.com
August 16, 2025 at 3:05 PM
A good conversation with an old friend about my new book here: www.bigfootbooksnc.com/blog/brian-m...
If you know anyone in Democratic Party leadership, will you forward this to them, so it makes its way up the chain? www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/08/mixe...
Mixed Messaging by Patrick Carolan - Today's American Catholic
The Democratic Party continues to ignore Catholic voters at its own peril.
www.todaysamericancatholic.org
August 15, 2025 at 6:42 PM
If you know anyone in Democratic Party leadership, will you forward this to them, so it makes its way up the chain? www.todaysamericancatholic.org/2025/08/mixe...
A beautiful musical meditation (in translation) on a passage of the Sermon on the Mount, from my friend Chris Hale: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCR4....
Karo Na Soch - Don't Worry - करो न सोच - Bhupali - 20 - Yeshu Ki Vani - the Sermon on the Mount
YouTube video by Christopher Hale
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August 15, 2025 at 1:10 PM
A beautiful musical meditation (in translation) on a passage of the Sermon on the Mount, from my friend Chris Hale: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCR4....
My keynote from Theology Beer Camp last year ... if you found this helpful, you might be interested in TBC this year (www.theologybeercamp2025.com). Here's the keynote:
open.spotify.com/episode/2zns...
open.spotify.com/episode/2zns...
August 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
My keynote from Theology Beer Camp last year ... if you found this helpful, you might be interested in TBC this year (www.theologybeercamp2025.com). Here's the keynote:
open.spotify.com/episode/2zns...
open.spotify.com/episode/2zns...
I really enjoyed being on this podcast for grandparents raising grandchildren. Even if you're not one (a grandparent raising grandchildren), I think you'll enjoy this episode - www.grandparents-raising-grandchildren.org/brian-mclare...
Brian McLaren's "The Last Voyage": Charting a Course for Future Generations
Are you a grandparent striving to build a brighter future for your grandchildren while wrestling with today’s unprecedented challenges and uncertainties? Are you se…
www.grandparents-raising-grandchildren.org
August 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I really enjoyed being on this podcast for grandparents raising grandchildren. Even if you're not one (a grandparent raising grandchildren), I think you'll enjoy this episode - www.grandparents-raising-grandchildren.org/brian-mclare...
Thoughts on resistance and resilience ... and an invitation for you to share music, poetry, and other resources that are helping you stay human: brianmclaren.net/the-dehumani...
The dehumanization of what is happening now - Brian McLaren
brianmclaren.net
August 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Thoughts on resistance and resilience ... and an invitation for you to share music, poetry, and other resources that are helping you stay human: brianmclaren.net/the-dehumani...