The Theo-Bloggers Consortium

In case I haven’t told you yet, I have joined what is known as the “Theo-Bloggers Consortium.” It is the brain child of Tripp Fuller (of the Homebrewed Christianity podcast/blog) and Tony Jones (the former national coordinator for Emergent Village). It’s something that any person with an interest in theology can join up. The idea is this: you get books in the mail, you blog about them, you let Tripp and Tony know, they post in on the Transforming Theology website, and you might win something.

All that to say, I will be blogging through some books in the coming months, starting this week with John Cobb’s Reclaiming the Church. As my friends, and dear readers, I encourage, nay implore you to contribute your thoughts to this conversation. Your thoughts and comments are what get me out of bed in the morning…

…That’s not true. But I still appreciate them greatly.

Here’s a video from one of the really smart, awesome theologians involved in this process about why I think it is important. My favorite line: “I’d say that every Christian is already, by nature of being a Christian, a theologian. The first step for me is to get rid of the notion of theology as an activity that professionals are engaged in…”