Out of the Ooze : Unlikely Love Letters to the Church from Beyond the Pew

by Burke, Spencer

• ISBN13: 9781600062131
• ISBN10: 160006213X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-11-19
• Publisher: Tyndale House Pub

Summary

This book brings you face-to-face with pastors and elders, committed attendees, back-pew sitters, and people who have walked out of the church looking for something more. Their unlikely love letters give you an opportunity to hear firsthand from the whole body of Christ. Out of the Ooze marks the beginning of an annual series publishing the best of each years articles exploring the themes of faith, social justice, art, and ministry.

Author Biography

Spencer Burke, creater of the TheOoze.com and emergent church charter member, is a speaker and consultant for traditional and emergent churches nationwide. His interviews appears in National Public Radio, the Christian Science Monitor and L.A. Times. He sparks new thought and conversation with innovative thinking, humor, compassion, and use of arts and technology.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 11
Introduction	p. 13
Awakening	p. 19
I'm Sorry: One Christian Apologizes to the World	p. 21
Detoxing from Church	p. 35
Changing to Stay the Same	p. 47
Stripping Away Secret Identities: Why Your Church Isn't a Superhero	p. 55
Paradime: A Christian Witness Worth More Than Twenty Cents	p. 59
Rethinking	p. 71
The Paradox of a Divided Church Called to Be Reconcilers to the World	p. 73
Counter-Consumer Culture	p. 87
Wake Up, Church, and Smell the Coffee	p. 97
The Deep Ecclesiology of the Body	p. 101
Experiencing	p. 115
Cultural Refugees in Gay Nightclubs	p. 117
International Church: Postmodern Model?	p. 121
A Tiny Female Emergent Voice: Why I Won't Ask for a "Seat at the Table"	p. 125
Jackson, God, and Me: A Meditation before Jackson Pollock's Autumn Rhythm (Number 30)	p. 139
Wondering	p. 147
Suspicion and Sisterhood: A Brief Theoretical Meditation	p. 149
Church Restructure	p. 153
Leading from the Margins, Part VI: Mystics, Poets and Dreamers	p. 157
No Country for Old Men	p. 163
God-Pleasing Evangelism	p. 167
Ugly Preaching	p. 171
Responding	p. 175
Ten Reasons Why Your Church Sucks	p. 179
Just Who is Emergent, Anyway?	p. 185
What Is It All About?	p. 187
The Skinny on Postmodernity Series, Part I: Postmodernism and Global Worldviews	p. 193
The Era of Anticipation	p. 207
Conclusion	p. 211
Notes	p. 213
About TheOOZE.com	p. 217
About the Curator	p. 219
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