Listen in as we discuss Mark Lomax’s Church Unbound talk from Episode 48. What does it mean to be salt of the earth? Can churches be salty if a pastor isn’t salty?

Download episode 49 here.

We continue the Church Unbound Conversation with a thought-provoking and challenging talk from Rev. Mark Lomax who is the pastor of First Afrikan Church in Lithonia, GA and Professor of Homiletics at the Interdenominational Theological Center.

Download episode 48 here.

David, Camille, Zach and Shawn chat about the first two talks in the Church Unbound Conversation. Discussions include operating the church out of fear, product vs. process, and what it means to be the church.

Download episode 47 here.

Here is the next talk in the Church Unbound Conversation. We apologize for the delay both in the DAIO podcast and the CUC. A hurricane, 2 weeks without power, and a family funeral caused some unexpected delays.

But we march on with the first of two talks with Shane Claiborne, author of The Irresistible Revolution.

Download Shane here.

Hi all,

This is supposed to be the first response week for the Church Unbound Conversation, but we are pushing the responses and the DAIO episode back one week. I live in Houston and we are still dealing with the aftermath of hurricane Ike. We have emerged relatively unscathed, we are without power for some time, but we will be ok.

Send some prayers our way for those who are suffering and in need the most.

Peace,
Shawn Coons

Welcome to the Church Unbound Conversation brought to you by The Presbyterian Outlook, Decently and in Order, and the leadership of the Church Unbound conference.

Every two weeks we will post the audio from one of the speakers/leaders/preachers at the Church Unbound conference that happened this past July at the Montreat Conference Center. This conference brought together people from all across the church to dialogue about setting Christ’s church loose on our world. There were a number of incredible speakers including Dr. Brian Blount, Shane Claiborne, Christine Yoder, Mark Lomax, and Rhashell Hunter. After you listen to the audio we invite you to respond in some way. Leave a comment on the blog, record your own audio response, email us your impressions (daio@decently.org), write a poem, preach a sermon, be creative! Let us know about your response and if there is any way that we can link to it then we will.

In the week between posting talks from the conference, we will post the responses we have received, and invite you to respond to those responses! We will also be posting the most current episode of our podcast which will reflect on the Church Unbound Conversation. We hope to include as many voices in this conversation as possible, so please help us spread the word!

You can listen to these talks by downloading them directly from this website, or by subscribing to the podcast using the instructions found in the Listen or Subscribe menu option at the top of this page.

Download Dr. Blount’s sermon here.

We reflect and express our opinions about groups of Presbyterians who want to remain in the PC(USA) but not be “of the PC(USA).”

Presbyterians for Global Fellowship Blog
Presbyterians for Renewal
For GA Decisions: PC-Biz

Download Episode 44 here.

A special face to face edition with Carol Howard Merritt and Bruce Reyes-Chow, talking about how to keep young pastors in the denomination and how the internet can be used in ministry.

Download episode 43 here.

Bruce (and his people) were kind enough to give me fifteen minutes of his time. Bruce talked about how his election is symbolic and opens the door for conversation, but it is not “a savior moment” for the PC(USA). He also challenged all the people who are excited about his election to be willing to step up and do their part over the next two years.

Download the conversation here.

And here are my final Friday night reflections from General Assembly.

Download them here.

Camille, Zach and Shawn connected Monday morning to bring you a report on GA - what has happened and what is still to come!

Download it here.