Spreading the word…
I have been in the US for just over a week now and am settling in well, thanks mostly to the generosity and kindness of those around me. But I must not forget that I am here for a reason other than hanging out in Manhattan! I am here because I have been given the opportunity to concentrate on developing and sharing my work.
Over the last few years I have spent an unhealthy amount of time reflecting upon how we can revolutionize existing church structures and birth new faith communities that will show how Christianity can be a vital, life-giving, liberating force in the 21st century. As such I am keen to work with groups (both those who are part of existing church communities and those who are committed to organizing in new ways) that are willing to explore some of this thinking with me.
My current work has been fueled by my desire to locate an Archimedean point with which to move the church forward and is informed by my grassroots involvement with ikon, my academic study and the research that gave birth to How (Not) to Speak of God, The Fidelity of Betrayal and The Orthodox Heretic.
While I will be unveiling the core of this new work in my upcoming pub tour (the planning of which is now reaching completion after almost a year of dreaming) I want to explore it in other contexts as well. So if you would like me to speak at a conference, university etc. etc. then just click here for more information.
October 27th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
Make sure to include Toronto in your pub tour! Please and thanks.
Peace.
October 27th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
Peter,
Just wanted to say welcome to the east coast of these united states… hope the move has gone well.
I also want to thank you for your work thus far the books the blogs the interviews and the tours. I saw you in DC not long ago and was so moved and challenged by your thoughts, I have for years been struggling with feelings of guilt over being involved in ministry and yet having all these doubts and questions, not about the existence of God necessarily, but about my perception of that existence, and this extremely well meaning but false picture of who and what God was and is to the congregations and young adults I have been working with.
I just left the organizational and institutional church to start a “community” based on the missional and incarnation aspects of the life of Christ. I would love to have you join us sometime if you ever are in the area of Philadelphia.
Thanks for helping to give me the courage to step over the fence and wonder around in the pastures of spiritual freedom.
Godspeed
October 27th, 2009 at 8:14 pm
Peter,
I’m really looking forward to having you share about revolutionizing church structures and birthing new transformational faith communities at the East Coast gathering of TransFORM next spring!
Shalom,
Steve K.
October 28th, 2009 at 2:03 am
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October 29th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Peter,
what part of manhattan are you in? Brooklyn? who are you connecting to ? just curious…. if you’re missing a good pub, my brother tends bar in a sweet place in williamsburg. i’d love for him to meet you..
October 29th, 2009 at 6:12 pm
If yr in New York you should pay Jay Bakker from Revolution NYC a visit – they dig you at that church and frequently quote you in their sermons.
October 29th, 2009 at 11:21 pm
Pete,
Glad youve settled in. Hope all goes well. I too feel very strong about these new structures. Im somewhere in between the existing church and…something else. either way I will always support your work and encourage others to check it out. I hope your swingin through Birmingham on the pub tour, if not…im definitely takin a roadtrip.
November 2nd, 2009 at 12:00 am
Peter! It is wonderful that you are here! What a marvelous happening. Hope to see you in Syracuse.