Creating the Common Good Through Writing, Talking, Connecting and Dreaming of the Way Things Ought To Be
The third leg of the Life Occurrence of A Christianity Worth Believing tour will begin July 17 in Battle Creek Michigan. We will then do a show each day in Cincinnati, Columbus, Indianapolis, Chicago and Madison. Come and join us and bring some folks along.
Details can be found here - http://dougpagitt.com/live/live
With the loss of the Contribution Refund Program (just one of the casualties of Gov. Pawlenty’s Unallotment) I have decided to put my campaign on hold until 2012.
The is disappointing and frustrating, I have spent the last year building my campaign around including thousands of people in my campaign through small donations. I will now have to look to structure a different kind of organization that will go after fewer and larger contributions because of the loss of the CRP.
I do want to be clear, this does not mean that I am stopping my effort of Creating the Common Good through SMART government, but it does mean that as far as electoral efforts go I will not be running in 2010.
Stay tuned and I will bring updates when they are pertinent.
Here is a 2 minute clip of the show. Details in a post below of shows coming this summer.
We are having a great time on the Live Occurrence Tour of A Christianity Worth Believing.
We were well cared for by Charlie in Durango, Nadia is Denver and Carl in Colorado Springs - thanks all.
We are heading out in the morning to Lincoln, Nebraska for a show Tuesday night.
Here is an email I received from a guy who attended the Denver show.
Dear Doug,
I was at your talk in Denver yesterday and I wanted to express how good it was to hear your message. I feel like I’ve been struggling with all of the issues you addressed over the last ten years, from the lack of questioning in the church, to the sacrificial atonement model, to the portrayal of man as totally depraved. You offered a compelling alternate vision – one that seems both more positive and truer to who Jesus really was and is.
After the presentation, Sally and I were both saying how much easier things would have been for us had we known you and heard your message when we were in college just starting to question the faith. I personally have had such conflict with Christianity that I left the church completely for years and have only been able to make a very partial return. Even now, I keep going to churches and being turned off by so much of what I hear. As a writer, I’ve tried to begin working towards what you have successfully done – raising a voice to try to make a difference rather than exiting the Christian family, as you put it, but it’s definitely a daunting task. The church has so much inertia, and even getting heard at all outside of my very small circle is such a challenge. So it’s good to know that there are people like you who have broken through to a wider audience and who are trying to reclaim the faith, giving direction to those like me who struggle with the current shape of Christianity. I hope you keep writing and speaking – your voice definitely needs to be heard! Let me know if there is any small way that I can help.
The show was fun and went well tonight in Durango. There were about 50 people at St Mark’s Episcopal Church.
The flow of the show went well - reading, signing, videos, monologues, interactions. I felt it was little long, but the audience was saying that it felt like to moved along well.
We are dealing with a flat tire right now. That’s right, we are sitting at the church waiting for a tow truck.
We need to be in denver by noon tomorrow, it is a six hour drive. We are in some kind of trouble.
But we will find some way to work it out.
This summer I will be touring with my book A Christianity Worth Believing.
I call these events Live Occurrences:
Live Occurrences: Doug Pagitt and Erik Johnson are spreading the Hope-filled, Open-armed, Alive and Well faith in churches, bars and public meeting spaces around the country.
Live Occurrences are part one-man show (but there are two of us), part revival, part book reading, part hootenanny, and part communal gathering.
The 2-hour Live Occurrences include readings from the book, music - original and covers, video, spoken-word poetry, impassioned invitations to be part of the common good.
Live Occurrences are specially formulated for the Left-out, Left-behind and Let-down, and will be suitable for one and all regardless of background.
Here is a set of clips from the show.
Here is the current schedule and contact information:
July 17-22 - Ohio/Wisconsin/Michigan/Indiana/Illinois
- July 17 - Battle Creek, Michigan - Emmet Street Missionary Church 552 E. Emmett street - Hosted by Restoration Community 6 PM - click for Facebook details
- July 18 - Cincinnati, Ohio - Taza Cafe - 2900 Jefferson Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio 45219 8 PM
- July 19 - Columbus, Ohio -3 PM Jacob’s Porch, 45 E. 13th Ave click here for Facebook details
- July 20 - Indianapolis, Indiana - Lockerbie Central Methodist Church, 237 N. East St, 7 PM - click here for Facebook details
- July 21 - Chicago, Illinois - Wicker Park Grace - 1741 N. Western Ave, 7 PM - click here for Facebook details
- July 22 - Madison, Wisconsin - The Madison Christian Community - 7118 Old Sauk Rd, 7 PM - click for Facebook details
June 13-18 Colorado/Nebraska/Illinois
- June 12 - Durango, Colorado - St. Marks Episcopal Church, 910 E. Third Ave - 7-9 PM - Click for details
- June 13 - Denver, Colorado - House for All Sinners and Saints, 501 Bannock - 3-5 PM - click for Facebook details
- June 14 - Colorado Springs, Colorado - First United Methodist Church
420 N. Nevada Avenue, 5:30-7:30 PM - click for Facebook details- June 16 - Lincoln, Nebraska - Legends Bar, 8300 Northwoods Dr - 6-8 PM click for Facebook details
June 24 - June 30 Minnesota/Iowa/Missouri/Arkansas/Oklahoma
- June 24 - Minneapolis, Minnesota - Solomon’s Porch 100 west 46th Street - 7:30-9:30 PM click for Facebook details
- June 26 - Des Moines, Iowa - Viking Theater at Grand View University, 2811 E 14th St - 7 - 9 PM - click for Facebook details
- June 27 - CHANGE IN LOCATION AND FORMAT Kansas City, Missouri - McCoy’s Public House, Westport, 4057 Pennsylvania Kansas City, MO 64111 7:30 - 9:30 PM This event will be low-key, discussion oriented - McCoy’s Website
- June 28 - North Little Rock, Arkansas - Argenta United Methodist Church, 411 Main St, 5:30 PM - click here for Facebook details
- June 29 - Tulsa, Oklahoma - University of Tulsa BSU Building, 710 South College, 7 PM - click for Facebook details
- June 30 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - Oklahoma City University Chapel, 2501 N. Blackwelder, 7 PM - click for Facebook details
Show for the A Christianity Worth Believing Live Occurrences have been added in Des Moines, Battle Creek and Dayton.
Dates are still available for the summer run and Fall dates will be added soon. Let me know if you are interested in hosting a show.
Current Schedule:
June 11-18 Colorado/Chicago
- June 13 - Denver, Colorado
- June 14 - Colorado Springs, Colorado
- June 18 - Chicago, Illinois
June 25 - July 3 Arkansas/Oklahoma
- June 26 - Des Moines, Iowa
- June 28 - Little Rock, Arkansas
July 17-24 - Ohio/Wisconsin/Michigan(?)
- July 17 - Battle Creek, Michigan
- July 18 - Dayton, Ohio
- July 19 - Columbus, Ohio
- July 22 - Madison, Wisconsin
The details for A Christianity Worth Believing Live Occurrences tour are coming together.
The summer tour currently has three legs to it and I am interested in adding locations for each leg. All legs will originated in and return to Minneapolis, so if you are in the driving route are are interested in hosting let me know.
June 11-18 Colorado/Chicago
- June 13 - Denver
- June 14 - Colorado Springs
- June 18 - Chicago
June 25 - July 3 Arkansas/Oklahoma
- June 28 - Little Rock
July 17-24 - Ohio/Wisconsin/Michigan(?)
- July 19 - Columbus
- July 22 - Madison
I am working on a book on Evangelism and could use your help.
The book will inlcude a list of important questions that we must consider in evangelism.
I am wondering what questions you think need to be considered by any person or community who considers evangelism?
I am also looking for your working deifinition of “evangelism”.
You can email me your repsonses to either of these topics at Doug at DougPagitt dot Com or you can tweet it to me at #EvangRI
Starting next week, May 19, The Question will run live once a week for 10 AM -12 noon.
Many of the regular guest hosts will be part of the summer format.
Details of the Fall schedule will be coming soon.
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Today’s show was to include Carla Barnhill of The Mommy Revolution but a glitch in the BlogTalkRadio feed messed up -I hope to have it fixed for next week.
But, this show was a good one and includes my take on the Nation Day of Prayer, the toddler found in Missouri and the idea of a need for a sports Czar.
Here is yesterdays show including Steve Schirber. Read the rest of this entry »
In the next week, we (JoPa Productions), will be offering ways for you to attend the Christianity21 event for free (networkers and bloggers keep and eye out).
Today’s offering: Free Registration For Winning Event Card Design.
Design a one-sided, 5×7 event promotion card using the Logo (feel free to enhance it) and the offerings of the event (see the website). If we select your card as the winner we will take care of your registration (and give you all the credit).
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Here are the feeds for the show today.
Tony Jones was the guest host for the second half on Religion.
Here are the posts for today’s shows.
Still working on the video post, Ustream has made some changes which could be very good in the end. Read the rest of this entry »
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I am speaking at an event in the Lincoln Park area of Chicago today and Wednesday and left my power cord for my computer at home. Anyone got a MacBook power cord I could use for a few days?
Email me if you do- doug at dougpagitt.com.
A Christianity Worth Believing Live Occurrences
In June 2009 the book that so many have come to love will come to life and hit the road.
Doug Pagitt and artist/musician friends will be spreading the Hope-filled, Open-armed, Alive and Well faith through “Live Occurrences” in homes, churches, bars, coffee shops and public meeting spaces around the country (and perhaps South Africa in August).
Live Occurrences will be part music tour, part one-man show (but there are two of us), part revival, part book reading, part hootenanny, and part communal gathering.
½ hour, 2 hour, 4 hour and 8 hour versions of Live Occurrences will be offered.
Live Occurrences will include interaction with the book, original music, spoken word poetry, impassioned invitations to make ones life an active part of the common good.
Live Occurrences are specially formulated for the Left-out, Left-behind and Let-down, and will be suitable for one and all regardless of background.
Live Occurrences will be scheduled with “those who have ears to hear”. So, if you would like to host a Live Occurrence contact Doug (Doug@DougPagitt.com) and we will see if we can layer you into the schedule.
Costs will be determined with each host and will normally include a place for 2-3 people to stay, a meal or two.
Shelly, Chico and I are part of a group from Solomon’s Porch going to Guatemala in the morning. We are building homes. Details of the trip are here.
This trip is special is many ways, including being Chico’s first time. The relationships we have developed with the people of San Juan are so special. It is an honor to be with them.
If you would like to donate to the cost of building a home you can do so here. All the money contributed goes to building a home for a family who would otherwise never be able to move into the ownership class.
I will try to make updates to FB and Twitter from the trip.
Going for a walk with Shelley then to a movie about food.
