Doug Pagitt (M.A. Bethel Seminary) is pastor of Solomon's Porch in Minneapolis. He is part of the leadership of Emergent: a generative friendship among missional Christian leaders. Doug is married to Shelley and they are parents of four children, and is author of Preaching Re-Imagined, Church Re-Imagined, and BodyPrayer. His forthcoming book is A Christianity Worth Believing, it approaches theological questions in personal and engaging ways, addressing topics such as God, Jesus, sin, the Bible, humanity, church, and the Kingdom of God. Rather than rehashing old debates and categories, it offers new insights, provocative possibilities, and hopeful alternatives.
“Instead of taking sides in contentious us-them debates, Doug
Pagitt points a way through the tensions to a wider, better
place. He uncovers hidden treasures from the Bible and flips
conventional understandings. A wise, insightful, and
stimulating book!”
—Brian D. McLaren, speaker, author of We Make the Road by
Walking
“Bravery with kindness can transform—invitingus into new ways of
living and thinking. Doug has been doing that in my life for years.
Flipped is an invitation that so many of us need, offered with
bravery and kindness.”
—Shauna Niequist, speaker, author of Bread and Wine
(www.shaunaniequist.com)
“I know of no one more skilled at rigorous and flexible inquiry
than Doug Pagitt, who is a masterful and down-to-earth guide to
flipped living. Flipped presents a vision of faithful Christianity
that is hopeful, love-affirming, serious about Scripture, and
passionately committed to the way of Jesus.”
—Mark Scandrette, founding director at ReImagine, speaker, author
of Practicing the Way of Jesus
“This is Pagitt at the top of his game . . . and his game is as
deadly serious as his title for it is flip. Never has a
low-key, conversational tone been more
seductively—or effectively—employed in the business of
exegetical brilliance than here. This one really is a thought
expander as well as a faith enhancer.”
—Phyllis Tickle, author of The Great Emergence
“Several years ago, I was having another fascinating
conversation with Doug. He spoke of his desire that everyone
he comes in contact with would know they’re loved, they belong,
they matter. Doug is obviously extremely intelligent and passionate
and articulate but above all else he has a giant heart of love.
That’s a rare and much-needed combination, and I’m thrilled to
know he’s out there doing his thing. The world needs more people
like Doug.”
—Rob Bell , speaker, author of The Zimzum of Love and What We
Talk About When We Talk About God
“Flipped lets you see that God wants to trespass over the fences
we have put on grace and unlock the chains we’ve put on love.
This book is Doug Pagitt’s invitation to start afresh with God and
not let religious folks hold the Spirit hostage.”
—Shane Claiborne, activist, author of The Irresistible
Revolution, coauthor of Red Letter Revolution
(www.redletterchristians.org)
“Doug Pagitt is a fully engaged questioning theologian
whose thoughtful teaching and writing illuminate what it means
to live in faith.”
—Sara Miles, author of Take This Bread and City of God
“Doug reminds us of just how upside down and powerful
the revolutionary call of Jesus can be. Flipped will challenge
many of your Scriptural paradigms, breathing a fresh freedom and
wholeness into your faith as you seek to follow Jesus, the
all-time Master of the Flip.”
—Mike Slaughter, activist, speaker, pastor, author of Dare to
Dream and Renegade Gospel(www.mikeslaughter.com)
“Doug Pagitt is a lighthearted soul on a serious mission: to help
us see the world and ourselves through Jesus’s eyes. Reading
Flipped, I felt a weight I didn’t realize I was carrying fall off
my shoulders. Read it for yourself. It will change your life.”
—The Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, bishop of the Episcopal
Diocese of Washington
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