Nadia Bolz-Weber: Salvation on the Small Screen? 24 Hours of Christian Television
This is my book. It will change your life. Ok, not really.
Kester Brewin: Signs of Emergence
This book is tremendous. Drawing on his background as a math teacher, Brewin explores why the church is where it is and why it is to change...using complexity theory. This is a must read.
Edward and Lorna Mornin: Saints: A Visual Guide
This is a gorgeous handbook of the saints.
Peter Rollins: How (Not) to Speak of God.
Pete is an emerging church pastor of the Ikon community in Belfast, Ireland. I can't recommend this book enough.
Phyllis Tickle: The divine hours
Phyllis is one the smartest women I've ever met. I'm using this book for matins and noon prayer as well as vespers and compline.
Anne Lamott: Traveling Mercies : Some Thoughts on Faith
One of my favorite books of all time. She's pretty cranky and sarcastic too.
Eddie Gibbs: Emerging Churches: Creating Christian Community in Postmodern Cultures
Gibbs and Bolger spent 5 years compiling this book which relys heavily on interviews with emerging church leaders in the US and the UK. They seem to favor independant churches over denominational ones...so very little is said about us "loyal radicals"
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I am so proud of us for this!
Posted by: amy clifford | December 29, 2008 at 04:00 PM
Nice!
Posted by: Bob Fisher | December 29, 2008 at 09:12 PM
I LOVE this.
Posted by: Jake Bouma | December 31, 2008 at 12:02 PM
Love. This. (and you)
Posted by: Rachel Swan | January 01, 2009 at 12:39 PM
I'm interested to know what process you used for creating the icon. We have discussed and done a little interactive visual-art stuff at our church, but haven't done more because of the question of logistics, what the process would actually be for people to participate. Please e-mail me. Thanks!
Posted by: Ruth Worman | January 02, 2009 at 01:08 PM
We bought the gown online and were a little nervous at first. We were so impressed with their customer service and prices that we bought all of our guests some Christening Gifts from the same site. Go check them out if you like, we highly recommend them. Baptism Gifts and Gowns.
http://www.baptismgiftsandgowns.com
Posted by: Baptism Gowns | January 04, 2009 at 09:57 AM
Beautiful.
Posted by: Scott Lenger | January 05, 2009 at 07:47 AM
that's grand - i like the way it has an initial artistic frame which helps it look good; like the way it builds week by week; mixes participation by all with art cred; subversive use of contemporary culture.
it's an "ancient shape" - i wonder what would happen if it was given a contemporary shape - eg teen girl in Gaza?
steve taylor
emergentkiwi.org.nz
Posted by: steve | January 07, 2009 at 11:33 AM
Like an earlier poster mentioned, we also would like to do more interactive, intergenerational art as response to the word. We have time for reflection each week, but like more ideas, and the logistics for multi week projects.
Can you share how you plan something like this? Thanks!
Posted by: Carol Szabo | January 13, 2009 at 07:26 PM
Very good. Linked you here
http://mattstone.blogs.com/photos/sacred_images/our-lady-of-the-new-advent.html
Posted by: Account Deleted | January 15, 2009 at 04:52 AM
Is it okay to borrow this image for advent practices? There is an Advent Fair at the church I currently work at, and we're always looking for new ways for families to journey through Advent together. This seems like a fantastic idea, but I want to make sure I can borrow the image. Thanks.
Posted by: Kristin | November 23, 2010 at 10:28 AM
We think this is way cool at Christ the Good Shepherd, Salem, OR.
We're going to use the image in an "Advent Conspiracy" email.
You should market this. Oh, wait. That would be, like, contrary to Advent Conspiracy, huh.
Posted by: JtRev | November 23, 2010 at 03:13 PM
This is another request to know if we can use this design for my church's Advent.
Also, what/how was the process done to make this. How were members able to participate? Did you set a certain day/time for people to work on it?
Email me please
Posted by: Ronda Harrison | December 09, 2010 at 10:50 AM
please do use this any way you can! We did it over the 4 weeks of Advent during liturgy. An artist in the community traced the shapes and labeled each one with a color. So the participants looked for anything green for the green sections...cut it out of the ad and glued in on.
Good luck!
Posted by: Nadia | December 09, 2010 at 07:03 PM