If you’re new to the podcast, or even if you’ve been a long-time listener, there may be some podcasts out there that you’ve missed. I thought I’d put together a list of some of them, inspired by Darren Rowse’s 7 Links challenge (with a few adaptations for our site). Perhaps I can get Thomas and [...]

Another beautiful story from Spencer Burke and TheOozeTv: The ability to act as Jesus acts is not something that belongs exclusively to ordained clergy or ‘holy” people, but is something we all have by the simple virtue of being human and having God’s life breathed into us. These are the hopeful words of author Sara [...]

Love, laughter and lunacy in 140 characters. by Kevin D Hendricks A work-at-home dad turns to Twitter to share updates about kids, causes and life. It’s a curated selection of bizarre quotes, funny stories and temper tantrums. Woven between potty-training woes and breakfast time songs is a family growing through adoption and learning how to [...]

Posted originally on Jonathan’s blog… Brian McLaren’s new book, A New Kind of Christianity: Ten Questions That Are Transforming the Faith, drops tomorrow (Tuesday, Feb. 9). I received a free advance copy from the publisher late last week and have been devouring it every chance I get (which with two toddlers at home hasn’t been [...]

Brian McLaren has a new book coming out shortly and Spencer Burke’s already talking to him about it… In the book, A New Kind of Christianity, Brian lays out 10 questions people seem to be wrestling with universally. The questions include: The Narrative Question: What Is the Overarching Storyline of the Bible? The Authority Question: [...]

the stats are in. they’ve been tallied and counted. and as of dec. 2009 – we’ve now passed over 10,000 downloads for the something beautiful podcast! thanks to you our listeners! so we thought we’d share your picks for the top 5 podcasts of 2009. these are the ones that you, the listener have chosen [...]

Jonathan’s novel is now available on Amazon. Both in print and for the Kindle. For those of you who haven’t ordered your copy of the book yet (or want to order 5 copies for your mother), we’ve got a little pointer on how to get free shipping with Amazon.

If you had 3 Christmas wishes this year – what would they be? Share them in the comments below, or call our listener line to share them on our upcoming Advent/Christmas episodes. And if you need some help getting into the holiday spirit, enjoy these holiday episodes from last year: Greg Holder talks about Advent [...]

Want to be a part of our annual Advent spectacular? We’re looking for your Christmas wishes, thoughts, reflections and more. Share them with us and we’ll include them in our upcoming Advent episodes. To share your thoughts, you can: call our listener line (972-535-8980) leave us a voice message on skype (jdblundell) or simple record [...]

We have some great listeners! Absolutely wonderful! I mean just look at this group :: 148 followers on Twitter. Don’t they look great?! If you haven’t — be sure and join us on Twitter. Find out about our latest updates, news and more. Follow @sbpodcast (Get your twitter mosaic here.)

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