Holiday greetings, friends! Here are some gift ideas that might fit someone on your list: For kids: Cory and the […] The post Christmas Gift Ideas, 2024 first appeared on Brian McLaren ..read more

Welcome to reality, friends. I woke up this morning heartbroken and disappointed, like tens of millions of people. Today, I’m […] The post Heartbroken and Disappointed first appeared on Brian McLaren ..read more

I want you all to know that I will be voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz for President. (Not […] The post I want you all to know … first appeared on Brian McLaren ..read more

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