have you seen the new trailer for Brandt’s Russo’s documentary? they’ve settled on a title (adopt a Jesus) and Brandt says production is coming along great. he’s wrapping up a lot of the voice-over work this week. we can’t wait to see it! in chatting with Brandt recently (via facebook) he says the entire movie [...]

emergent village peeps are meeting in Washington DC this weekend to discuss the future of emergent village and the continuing conversation (read the background info). and emergent village shared a heads up tonight about their conversations via twitter :: apparently we’ve emerged! woo hoo! or something else has… if you’re interested in following along with [...]

Steve Knight shares a video from the Willow Creek Association…

Aaron Aiken (@aaronaiken – ep 2.4) put together a great screencast showing everyone how to easily subscribe and listen to the something beautiful podcast. check out the video and then subscribe for yourself. and if you’re needing a screencast done for your own website/application/etc. be sure to check in with Aaron. tell him the something [...]

Got a call from Brad Vanderburg tonight and he informed me that they’ve just about settled on a new lead singer for their band, Shatter Me. The young man, Donavon, just called Brad to inform him that one of his dear friends, Taylor was in a bad car accident over the weekend and is now [...]

Tripp Fuller, Tony Jones and a whole list of of other folks are taking off on a pretty interesting journey. I’m playing catchup after a week off but as I’ve briefly gathered, there will be a conference in mid-March as well as several others throughout the year and briefly, “The mission of the Transforming Theology [...]

I’d love to share this story at some point as part of our actual podcast but I figure — why wait? It’s already out there for everyone to listen to, download, listen, share it and talk about it. It’s worth it. Pastor Ryan shares :: Our God is a God of Justice and I believe [...]

This comes from Tony Jones as part of the Emergent/C Newsletter. You can subscribe to the newsletter by emailing :: newsletter@emergentvillage.com Envy not the pastor who has to preach another Christmas sermon this year. I don’t. Even the thought of coming up with something beautiful and profound for this Christmas update has eluded me for [...]

just because… just in time for the holy days… the something beautiful font. it’s open, free and available for distribution under creative commons 3.0. thanks to http://www.yourfonts.com and @just_pete for the heads up! download the font file Windows font installation instructions :: * Open “Control Panels” (under Start->Settings) * Double-click “Fonts” control panel * Select [...]

something beautiful peeps, we’re wanting to hear your thoughts, reflections, ideas on Advent and Christmas this year. perhaps you’ve discovered a unique side of the Christmas story that you never realized, maybe you’ve been struck by a Christmas tradition, or perhaps you’d like to simply share a scripture or poetry reading, a message/sermon you gave [...]

hear the song on the next something beautiful podcast, read the lyrics as you watch a video of Shaun singing an early adaptation of the song, and then download it for yourself and share it with a friend! Kingdom Coming Words & Music by Shaun Groves Oh, God what do we see and hear Your [...]