Sincere thanks to Jonathan Peralta Gutierrez for translating this chart into Spanish and offering it for your use. Versions of the chart originally appeared in Faith After Doubt and Do I Stay Christian? Please credit as follows: By Brian McLaren (brianmclaren.net), translated by Jonathan Peralta Gutierrez. Download here: Docx:  [Maclaren_Brian] Apéndice 1_las cuatro etapas de la fe PDF:  [Maclaren_Brian] Apéndice 1_las cuatro etapas de la fe The post En Español: Four Stages of Faith Development first appeared on Brian McLaren ..read more

Here’s the Q: My cousin who is a pastor recommended your book, Do I Stay Christian, for me to read as like others, I question my path.  Reviewing your books, I also purchased The Secret Message of Jesus and Faith After Doubt.  Books of similar messages can serve as stepping stones.  Of the books you have written, is there a recommendation of read first, second, third, etc.   And thank you in advance.   My gut tells me your writing will point me in the direction I need to find.   Here’s the R:   That’s a really interesting question, and it’s taken me ..read more

I’ll be in Totnes, in Devon, on Wednesday 21 August, 1 – 4 pm. We’ll be engaging with my new book, Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart. Learn more here: https://ttm.churchsuite.com/events/ls6a3cra   Then I’ll be at Greenbelt August 22-25.  Hope to see you at one or both events! The post Friends in England – first appeared on Brian McLaren ..read more

If you’re reading or about to read Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart, here’s a playlist. This World is So F*d Up, by Michael Franti – the song shows up a few times in the last few chapters of the book – two versions. First the original … Then this version from Shannon Leigh:   Maybe When We’re Gone, a song I wrote that my friend Fran McKendree recorded shortly before his passing. The “we” in the song are our fellow creatures.   Bruce Cockburn’s Beautiful Creatures, 2 versions … one from Hawksley Workman, one from Bruce: Here’s Cockburn’s original, with ..read more

People who have not yet finished my new book Life After Doom might want to “cut to the chase” and ask, “What can I do as an individual about our current situation of multi-crisis, including (but not limited to) climate change and ecological overshoot?” Those who read (or listen to) the whole book will understand why this question has many dimensions to it, and “cutting to the chase” can actually be a form of bypassing some needed understandings and change in us. In other words, how can I change the situation? can unintentionally lead us to miss this question: how can I change so I bring a bett ..read more

In Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart, I offer a “Dear Reader” section at the end of each chapter. It can be used by individuals for reflection, journaling (written or audio), and other forms of contemplative engagement. It can also be used to as a resource for reading groups. (See also Appendix 2, available below.) You can download the Dear Reader section for each chapter here: Dear Reader PDF The print version of Life After Doom contains 6 appendices. Three of them are not well suited to an audiobook format, so we are making those appendices available here for folk ..read more

Greenbelt Website Link: https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/ Ticket link: https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/buy-tickets/ Instagram: @greenbeltfestival – https://www.instagram.com/greenbeltfestival/ Facebook: Greenbelt Festival – https://www.facebook.com/GreenbeltFestival X: @greenbelt – https://twitter.com/greenbelt Youtube: @greenbeltfestival – https://www.youtube.com/@greenbeltfestival #GB24  The post I’ll be at Greenbelt Festival this August – see you there? #GB24  first appeared on Brian McLaren ..read more

I’ll be speaking in your neighborhood on May 10 and 11, 2024. I hope you can come! (PS: These are the only scheduled events in Canada where I’ll be speaking about my new book, Life After Doom: Wisdom and Courage for a World Falling Apart.   For information on the Guelph lecture the evening of May 10, see https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/life-after-doom-an-evening-with-brian-mclaren-tickets-828450256017 University of Guelph, Stone Road East, Guelph, ON, Canada 50 Stone Road East Guelph, ON N1G 2W1 Canada   For information on the London lectures on May 11, see https://wesleyknox.com/mcla ..read more

My friend Jim Burklo sent this gem … Let us feast on simple pleasures, and fast from all that gets our bodies and souls out of balance. Let us feast on kindness, and fast from sarcasm. Let us feast on compassion, and fast from holding grudges. Let us feast on patience, and fast from anxiety. Let us feast on peace, and fast from stirring up needless conflict. Let us feast on acceptance, and fast from judgment. Let us feast on joy, and fast from jealousy. Let us feast on faith, and fast from fear. Let us feast on creativity, and fast from all that deadens our souls. Let us feast on social justic ..read more

In passing, I shared this poem as part of a delightful online class with John Dominic Crossan and Tripp Fuller. Several participants asked for the poem. You can watch past and future class sessions here: http://www.crossanclass.com/. +++++ I do not walk on water Except in winter, When ice makes the miracle more natural. To me, these days, natural miracles are better, Signifying lessons to live rather than shortcuts to take, A more subtle yet more real magic. For me, nature is already as supernatural As it needs to be. The simplest, humblest things — Green moss on grey rock, Spotted turtle bask ..read more