Christians have been negotiating the relationship between churches and the wider, secular culture ever since there was a discernible “secular culture.” What’s new is how many young evangelical church leaders are learning to surf, rather than draw lines against, secular culture.
Toward a Deep Blue Ocean: Forging a Robust Spiritual Development Stage Theory
Note: This paper was originally delivered at the 2012 Society of Vineyard Scholars in Minneapolis, MN. Jonathan Edwards placed the blame for Satan’s victory in the First Great Awakening on the failure of the stage-theory used by the pastors of…
Blue Ocean Summit 2011: Hearing from God in Prayer and Society, by Dave Schmelzer
One highlight of our recent trip to New England was the Blue Ocean Summit in Cambridge, MA., where I was pressed into service on a couple of plenary panel discussions. Stanford anthropologist, Tanya Luhrmann, PhD, started the week off with…
Podcast: Dave Schmelzer and Gary David Stratton on Faith, Culture, Hollywood and Ivy League
On April 7, author, and playwright-turned-pastor Dave Schmelzer interviewed me for a podcast posted 4/19 on his website: Not The Religious Type, on the Blue Ocean platform. It was a great experience, and I really want you to listen to…