The Church Basement Roadshow

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View the Tour Schedule Here On Saturday, after we groggily got up in the RV and packed everything up in Santa Monica, we drove into LA and lunched with our friends at IKAR Synagogue. Sharon Brous, the rabbi at IKAR (and interviewed by Krista Tippett here) is a friend whom Doug and I met a…

View Tour Schedule HERE – Come and Join us.The Rollin’ Gospel Revival officially began Friday night, June 13 at Risen Church in Santa Monica California.We launched the show with two rehearsals under our belts and great wonderment in our hearts about how it would go.We had questions about the timing of the show, the transitions,…

The revivalist from the midwest are heading to the land of plenty today. Scheduled to arrive in Los Angeles this afternoon. With sleep lowest on the priority list and hope at the top the two, The Professor and Big Brother, will join the caravan and start rollin’ this afternoon. The first show is at Risen…

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I’m busy returning emails and neck-deep in last-minute planning for the Roadshow, and, in the background, I’m watching Scott McClellan perform his umpteenth interview about his book, What Happened. And I wondered, what has happened to him in the gauntlet of media that he’s done in the past couple weeks? I wonder what he’s learned…

Deep within the American psyche is a longing for convertive piety. We are a nation and culture of extremes and polarities: The Saturday night drunk who weeps in repentance on Sunday morning; The Sunday night holy man who leaves his ethical convictions at the door of the church when he steps into the office on…

Allen Lockwood Withee was born on March 7, 1871 in Wessington Springs, South Dakota. He was raised in the big city by caring traditional parents who valued the simple life and devoted personal piety. At the tender age of 12 “A.L.” had an intense spiritual awakening and began traveling and preaching the gospel of Jesus…

The Church Basement Roadshow is a concept event, so I thought I would post a hint at what the show is about. Here is a link to the intro to the show. This will give a picture of the content of the show.

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