Monthly Archives: August 2010
Do you like us?
The New Oxford American Dictionary listed “unfriend” as their 2009 Word of the Year. Clearly, social networking has left an indelible mark on our shared lexicon. Suddenly, words like “Friend,” “Fan,” “Like” and even “de-friend” have worked their way into our … Continue reading
Oil Spills and Daily Habits
After Day 100 and the long-awaited “capping,” the disastrous Gulf oil spill is already beginning its predictable slide out of the news cycle. But beyond the headlines, the growing community working toward the Wild Goose Festival recognizes that there’s more … Continue reading
The Goose is All A-Twitter
What does a wild goose have in common with an ubiquitous blue bird? The latter is synonymous with the hyper-present micro-blogging phenomenon Twitter – and we hope that the former will be as well. We’re on Twitter – we have been for months … Continue reading
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Wild Goose Festival Venue Annoucement: Shakori Hills in North Carolina!
We’re tremendously excited to announce that the first Wild Goose Festival will take place at in the Southeastern United States, at Shakori Hills in Silk Hope, near Raleigh-Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina from June 23rd-26th, 2011. Shakori Hills is a beautiful site, … Continue reading
Faith & Institutions: Anne Rice, Christianity, and Wild Goose Culture
The Wild Goose Festival seeks to be a place where people of faith and people who struggle with faith (which might be all of us?) can wrestle together with what it means to be people who live at the intersection … Continue reading
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Tagged Anne Rice, Brian McLaren, Homebrewed Christianity, Mike Morrell, quitting Christianity, Wild Goose
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Friends of the Goose
Carl McColman is a friend of Wild Goose. Just this week he posted: Like Greenbelt, Wild Goose will be a time for exploring the nexus between faith, art, and politics. Themes such as social justice, care for the environment, and … Continue reading
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New Frontiers of Community, Communication
An announcement shook the publishing world today – Barnes & Noble, America’s most venerable bookstore chain, is up for sale. As the New York Times put it, The news surprised analysts and alarmed publishers, who have watched as the book … Continue reading
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