Welcome to the conversation!
 
We look forward to sharing ideas and dreams and struggles with you as we all reflect on how Everything Must Change together during the coming months.  Through these blogs, we’re interested in learning more about you and helping you get connected to one another so that by the time the Tour comes to your city, you’ll be able to walk deeper in your journey of deep change. 
 
For those of you who have already registered or know you’re going to do so, please share with us what inspired you to sign up for the Everything Must Change Tour?  If you haven’t signed up yet, let us know what has peaked your interest about the tour so far.
 
Thanks for sharing,
Brian, Linnea & Denise

Before Brian’s next books comes out, would love to hear if you have read any of Brian’s previous books, and if so, which ones, and which has been your favorite, and why?

In Brian’s new book, Everything Must Change, he talks about global crises and what Jesus’ response would be to them today. If you were to list the top five global crises – as you see them – what would they be?

It’s official y’all! The “Everything Must Change” Tour is coming to the Queen City, and the whole thing is going to be held at Area 15 (where the Charlotte Emergent cohort currently meets).

Registration is $99 now through December 15, and goes up to $109 after that, so register online now! (Students can register for $79.)

Still wondering what this is all about? Watch this video of Brian explaining more of the impetus behind “Everything Must Change”:

If you could make one change in each (or one or two) of the following contexts, what would you change?
My personal life
My church life
My neighborhood
My city
My country
Our world

Happy Thanksgiving! As you reflect on all you’re grateful for in life, we’d love you to share with us one deep shift that you’ve experienced in your thinking, values, beliefs, or behavior in recent years.

Our hosts for the “Everything Must Change” Tour in Charlotte, Area 15, are featured this week in the Charlotte Eye, a new weekly publication from the folks at The Charlotte Observer.
Congrats to Carlos Espin and all the artists at Area 15 for this recognition and attention.

Check out the full story and be sure to register now for “Everything Must Change” in Charlotte, February 1-2.

Registration is $99 now through December 15, and goes up to $109 after that, so register online now! (Students can register for $79.)

If you’d like to get a $20 off discount code, join the Charlotte Emergent Village cohort (which meets at Area 15 on the 2nd Tuesday of the month, BTW) and contact me through the Meetup site (since I’m the cohort organizer) to get full details!

A couple of us will be in Asheville on Saturday, December 15, for an event with Brian McLaren and singer/songwriters David Wilcox and Carrie Newcomer entitled “Music of the Soul: Songs & Conversations of the Spirit.”

If you’re in Asheville and plan to come out to the show, please be sure to stop by and say hello. We’re hoping to have a table there with information about the “Everything Must Change” event in Charlotte, February 1-2.

Registration for EMC Charlotte is $99 now through December 15, and goes up to $109 after that, so register online today! (Students can register for $79.)

If you’d like to get a $20 off discount code, join the Charlotte Emergent Village cohort (which meets at Area 15 on the 2nd Tuesday of the month, BTW) and contact me through the Meetup site (since I’m the cohort organizer) to get full details!

Sally Morgenthaler will interview Brian McLaren during a live webcast today at 4 p.m. 9 p.m. EST on Shapevine.com. In order to access the webcast, you’ll need to register on the Shapevine website, but it’s a short and quick process, so no worries.

You can also hear a recent interview with Brian on the Emergent Village podcast. Emergent Village is one of the national sponsors for Brian’s tour, coming to Charlotte, February 1-2, 2008! And don’t forget—you can get a $20 off discount code just by joining the Charlotte Emergent Village cohort group.

Rick Stilwell from Columbia, SC, has been reading Brian’s new book Everything Must Change, and he’s written some great reflections on it today over on his blog. Rick writes, “I can’t escape the reality that my spirituality has needed for some time to grow into something more than my own personal fire insurance. Making a difference in the world, in the real lives of real people around me—that’s something different. And if the claims of Christ are to be taken seriously, minus all the stuff we’ve added onto them over the course of human history, then everything changes from this point forward.”

He concludes, “Instead of being paralyzed with fear and worry over where I might be losing faith, I’m feeling energized this morning to hold onto the faithfulness of God to keep me in Him.”

Wow. Brian’s book is having that kind of impact on people around the Southeast and beyond, and the “Everything Must Change” tour will have a similar impact on many more lives. Don’t miss it! Be a part of it here in Charlotte at Area 15, February 1-2, 2008. Register online now, and remember: you can get a $20 off discount code just by joining the Charlotte Emergent Village cohort group.