You can read part 1 of Dave Kludt’s interview with author A.J. Swoboda about his book Messy: God Likes It That Way here.
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May 15th, 2012 by Dave Kludt in Books
Messy: God Likes It That Way — An Interview with Author A.J. Swoboda
Recently, my Facebook news feed has been frequented by pictures of friends across the country participating in mud runs. These are 5-10k races filled with muddy pits, obstacles, and puddles ensuring all runners are thoroughly soaked in mud by the time they cross the finish line. I’ve seen friends submerged in sludge and slipping [...]
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April 11th, 2012 by theburnerblog in Film
Fuller Youth Insitute’s Interview with Donald Miller and Steve Taylor on Blue Like Jazz
From the FYI Blog:
The Blue Like Jazz movie releases around the country this weekend. I had the opportunity recently to sit down with the creators, author Donald Miller and filmmaker Steve Taylor, to talk about Sticky Faith themes within Blue Like Jazz and their hopes for young people who see the [...]
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April 2nd, 2012 by theburnerblog in Books
Are Children Inherently Religious?
Fuller’s Dr. Justin Barrett, director of the Thrive Center arm of the Travis Research Institute, joined local radio talk show host Larry Mantle today to talk about topics covered in his new book, Born Believers: The Science of Children’s Religious Beliefs.
Take a listen over at KPCC’s website!
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March 28th, 2012 by Dave Kludt in Culture, Film
The Hunger Games, A Culture of Violence, and a Way Forward?
This post was reprinted with permission from Burner Blog contributor Dave Kludt. Dave blogs at kludt.wordpress.com.
It was interesting to see, leading up to the film release of The Hunger Games, a variety of Christian blogs going back and forth about the appropriateness of The Hunger Games (both books and film) for kids and [...]
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March 21st, 2012 by theburnerblog in Books
The Word of the Lord to Democrats by Brian McLaren–Book Review
Brian McLaren has returned to his roots in theological fiction (don’t read into that, fundies!) with an e-book called The Word of the Lord to Democrats.
The story centers around a seemingly agnostic lawyer, Ruth, as she is inexplicably interrupted by a message from God. This message, intended to inspire, exhort and critique the functioning [...]
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March 16th, 2012 by theburnerblog in Got It Going On, Music
Got It Goin’ On: How Church Congregations Should Be
Even though 72 million of you have already seen this since it was posted in January, The Burner just saw it today.
And it is awesome. And it puts a whole new meaning on the cliche, “Can’t we all just get along?”
If only church congregations could work together like this. [...]
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