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In the far east for a month,so there wont be much stuff from me here. But if you know of anything I should not miss in Thailand, laos, Cambodia or Malaysia let me know.

I recently read Peter Rollins “the fidelity of betrayal”. It challenges the reader to talk and think of God and faith in new ways. I came across this clip where Peter Rollins explains some of his thinking.

Who is God? Do we dare answer, or does defining become confining? Its a big question of the emergent church; Philosopher Peter Rollins, founder of the Ikon emergent community in Northern Ireland explains more in his two recommended(by me) books How not to speak of God and the Fidelity of Betrayal.

This beautiful chalk animated music video directed by Lucinda Schreiber and Yanni Kronenberg is worth a couple minutes of your time.

Have a look!

This is a long one, but start it in the question and answer time around 1:10:00. George Coyne has a few interesting things to say about his view of God, creation and its relation to science.

Amoz Oz was recently in Gothenburg (where I live) promoting his newest book “Rhyming life and death”.

It made me pick up a copy of  Amoz Oz`s “how to cure a fanatic”. If you haven’t read it, it is a must read (and short read) for anyone interested in finding common ground with people you don’t necessarily like, and how to find a way to live together with people you dont really want to live together with!

If you dont want to read it have a look at some of his thoughts on the Palestinian/Israel conflict.

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I recently posted a clip from an interview with John Dominic Crossan discussing the difference between literalism and fundamentalism. Today some more on the same topic by Jacob Schriftman.

This is taken from Jokim Schnoebbe’s blog, he is also known as the Author Jacob Schriftman. I first met Jokim a few years back in South Africa and we traveled together for a teaching tour in the far east. We also lived together here in Sweden for a few months where we both were involved in a course with YWAM. He is a talented speaker,artist,teacher,author,father,husband and fotball player (and a few other things). I warmly recommend his work.You can read more about him on his site schriftman.net and purchase his books on Amazon as Jacob Schriftman or as Jokim Schnoebbe.

Here is an interesting clip from an interview with John Dominic Crossan discussing the difference between literalism and fundamentalism. Found on Shuck and Jive.

This info video will help you in your time of need. Watch the whole thing or go to the end where it teaches you how a newspaper can even protect you from the bomb! Duck and cover…

The methods change but the message doesn’t, or the message changes but the message doesnt or the methods change and that changes the message?

Have a look at what Shane Hipps has to say about it,