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.

This song is “Let Your Kingdom Come,” one of the most powerful songs (IMHO) on the new Songs for a Revolution of Hope CD, which is a companion to Brian McLaren’s new book Everything Must Change.

Tracy Howe of Restoration Village is the singer, and she’ll be with Brian here in Charlotte, February 1-2, so you know the music is going to be good! Don’t miss this — register online now

Here’s a gift for you this Christmas season: Download Tracy’s beautiful rendition of “What Child Is This”

UPDATE 12/21/2007: Another Christmas gift from Brian and Deep Shift: Download David Wilcox’s rendition of “Atheist”

The “just in time” registration deadline has been extended just one week, so register now through December 31 at the $99 rate ($79 after the $20 off discount code, available by joining the Charlotte Emergent cohort).

Or are you still wondering what this whole thing is about and why you should even attend? Brian McLaren has 7 reasons why should be a part of this groundbreaking event:

P.S. We have some exciting Friday night “late night” breakout sessions/discussions in the works that we’ll be announcing soon, so stay tuned!