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Left-leaning Christians to rally around 'Wild Goose'
The Christian Century ^ | 6/17/11 | Yonat Shimron

Posted on 06/22/2011 4:41:50 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat

DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) It's summer. It's hot. It's the South. That must mean it's time for an old-fashioned camp meeting.

Next week (June 23-26), the bygone staple of the tent revival will be reincarnated on a bucolic North Carolina farm as The Wild Goose Festival. Nearly 10 years in the making, the festival is an attempt to reimagine Christianity for the 21st century under a bigger, wider more inclusive tent.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: antichrist; bias; emergent; liberalism
With musicians such as David Wilcox and Michelle Shocked, and speakers such as Brian McLaren, Jay Bakker, and Shane Claiborne, festival leaders hope to establish the premier venue for 20-somethings who love God but aren't thrilled with institutional Christianity, particularly the religious right.
1 posted on 06/22/2011 4:41:53 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Christians in name only = XINOs?


2 posted on 06/22/2011 4:44:53 PM PDT by Ingtar (Together we go broke (from a Pookie18 post))
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Christianity in a bigger, wider, more inclusive tent?????

So, are we bringing alternative lifestyles into the tent????

Exactly what are they saying?????

Do they want to get drunk in the tent???

Do they want casual sex in the tent???

Do they want to change how ministers preach, lest they hurt someone’s self-esteem in the tent????

Do they want a modern language Bible, which would change the wording of Bible verses which admonish us against certain behaviors?????


3 posted on 06/22/2011 4:48:35 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego

I’m guessing their Bible is the Maureen Dowd Version, with lots of ellipses that completely change the meaning.


4 posted on 06/22/2011 4:51:23 PM PDT by Hunton Peck (See my FR homepage for a list of businesses that support WI Gov. Scott Walker)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Notice that it is organized around “music”. Woodstock “Christianity”.


5 posted on 06/22/2011 4:52:45 PM PDT by achilles2000 ("I'll agree to save the whales as long as we can deport the liberals")
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To: Recovering_Democrat

I lover beer but I don't worship it.

6 posted on 06/22/2011 4:58:44 PM PDT by bmwcyle
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Jay Bakker is the only name I recognize, him being the son of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker. Good grief, has it been that long?
Really, this may be a “Goth” Christian event or an alternative tentmeeting for those who are looking for more than material things to fill them up. It is the same with every generation, those who are looking for God but don’t know it.
I was one of the Jesus Freaks in 1970s.


7 posted on 06/22/2011 4:59:51 PM PDT by Buddygirl
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Just remember kids, “liberation theology” is neither.


8 posted on 06/22/2011 5:13:18 PM PDT by rogue yam
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Wasn’t the “Wild Goose” Howard Hughes’ experimental multi-engine airplane??

Maybe not.


9 posted on 06/22/2011 6:22:35 PM PDT by DustyMoment (Go green - recycle Congress in 2012!!)
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Wasn’t the “Wild Goose” Howard Hughes’ experimental multi-engine airplane??

Wasn't that the Spruce Goose?
10 posted on 06/22/2011 7:11:28 PM PDT by goldfinch
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Wild Goose was (is?) the name of John Wayne’s yacht.


11 posted on 06/22/2011 7:14:41 PM PDT by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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... to reimagine Christianity for the 21st century under a bigger, wider more inclusive tent.

That happened in 1988 with the formation of the elca. Since then, and into the future, there have just been stragglers.

12 posted on 06/22/2011 7:20:45 PM PDT by RobinOfKingston (The instinct toward liberalism is located in the part of the brain called the rectal lobe.)
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To: goldfinch
Wasn't that the Spruce Goose?

Sorry, I was having a bit of fun. It was a rhetorical question.

And, yes, you are correct, it was the Spruce Goose.

13 posted on 06/22/2011 9:46:08 PM PDT by DustyMoment (Go green - recycle Congress in 2012!!)
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Spruce goose?


14 posted on 06/23/2011 3:20:23 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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To: DustyMoment

Spruce goose?


15 posted on 06/23/2011 3:21:21 AM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
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