Brian McLaren and Richard Land Diavlog

Ok — first of all, until now I knew nothing about bloggingheads.tv.  This is an awesome site.  Sort of the YouTube for what they are calling diavlogs.  What is amounts to is two people getting together via the site and participating a dialogue (or conversation, or debate, or whatever you want to call it).  Like I said, an awesome site.  Like many other web2.0 outlets, the realm of public discourse and conversation is no longer restricted to the circle of elitist experts, academicians, or TV talking heads.  It’s fair game for anyone.

Anyway, I first found this diavlog between Brian McLaren and Richard Land via the Progressive Revival blog over at Beliefnet (ht. to Todd).  It’s a really interesting conversation, especially for those of us that tire of the old left/right polarity of modernity.  McLaren and Land provide a great example of conversation, proving that civil conversation between differing parties, regardless of media portrayal, is possible — and very much needed.

So, here’s the diavlog.

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