If you missed part 1 of this interview, click here to listen. It was top notch.

Gareth Higgins is a writer involved in peace and justice issues in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He's also into spirituality & art (especially cinema). Check out his blog and podcast, FilmTalk.

For more SBE/movie stuff, don't miss our Watching Theology podcast and our interview with Jeffery Overstreet on his book Through a Screen Darkly.

Gareth Higgins is a writer involved in peace and justice issues in Belfast, Northern Ireland (remember Zero 28?). He's also into spirituality & art (especially cinema). Check out his blog and podcast, FilmTalk.

For more great SBE/movie stuff, don't miss our Watching Theology podcast and our interview with Jeffery Overstreet on his book Through a Screen Darkly.

**This interview is split into two parts. Check back for part 2 on Oct. 11.**

Join Steve Brown (and Etcetera) for a stimulating discussion with sex expert Dr. Doug Rosenau as we talk about how virginity is about more than avoiding sex.

Dr. Doug Rosenau is a licensed psychologist, marriage and family therapist, and Certified Christian Sex Therapist with the American Board of Christian Sex Therapists. He's a pioneer in Christian sex therapy, and the author of the best-selling book A Celebration of Sex: A Guide to Enjoying God's Gift of Sexual Intimacy, A Celebration of Sex for Newlyweds, and Soul Virgins: Redefining Single Sexuality.

rev-o-lu-tion \rev-e-lü""shen\ n–repudiating tepid systems and practices of the Christian faith and introducing a wholesale shift in how faith is understood, integrated and influencing the world

According to years' worth of data collected by George Barna, the church is in the midst of the biggest Revolution of our time. Droves of committed believers are foregoing Sunday mornings to live a 24/7 faith unfettered by the clutter and bureaucracy within the church walls.

In stark contrast to both the stuffy, formulaic religiosity sometimes found in the established church and the feel-good, invent-your-own spirituality, the Revolution is casting off anything that hinders a full, vibrant life of discipleship to Christ.

Join Steve and George Barna on this week's edition of The Brown Sessions and get the skinny on the Revolution.

I went into this interview expecting the polar opposite of what we got. Who knew that "emergent" and "emerging" were two different things? And who knew that a pastor could get away with saying the stuff Driscoll does and still have a mega-church? Oh well…welcome to postmodernity, I suppose. Maybe there's hope for me yet.

Anyway, this was a fun time. Join Steve and Mark Driscoll on this week's edition of The Brown Sessions.

However, not everyone is equally thrilled with Mr. McLaren's work. Some fundamentalists have even declared that he's in league with the devil and on his way to hellfire.

Join Steve and the crew on this week's edition of The Brown Sessions as we talk about The Secret Message of Jesus with the ever controversial Brian McLaren. And click here to check out the comedy bit that is referenced in this interview.

Join Steve and Tony as they talk about the carnage that lies ahead as we move closer to the 2008 presidential election, and how we citizens of The Kingdom can stop the killing.

Tony Campolo is professor emeritus at Eastern University and the founder of the Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education, an organization that develops schools and social programs in various third world countries and in cities across North America. He's the author of 34 books, his most recent being, The God of Intimacy and Action: Reconnecting Ancient Spiritual Practices, Evangelism, and Justice.

Listen to this week's Scandalous Freedom podcast to hear more from Steve about demonizing our "enemies."

If you're one of the 70 million people who already know about XXXchurch.com, then you may be familiar with its founder, Craig Gross. You might have seen him debating Ron Jeremy on TV or at a college campus near you. Maybe you saw him at one of his booths at a porn convention where he hands out Bibles with covers that read, "Jesus loves porn stars." It was probably at the debate…sure.

Join Steve and Craig on this week's edition of The Brown Sessions for some great intercourse.

Then Michael Reagan was adopted again.

Join Steve as he talks with Michael Reagan about his book, Twice Adopted, that details his struggle with loneliness, shame, feelings of rejection, and the belief that God doesn't care about us.

Michael Reagan is heard daily by over 5 million listeners via his nationally syndicated talk radio program, "The Michael Reagan Show."�

"What [posturing] leads to is this dual life. Who I am before you, I know I am not behind your back. And so the discrepancy, that sense of contradiction, I think is an acid that eventually literally tears away at the very fabric of faith for most leaders."

And get this…

"I think if you were to peer into many leader's hearts, they remember believing. They remember the first love. But in one sense, the posturing has so eroded something of their own capacity to be real and to be alive…that they've become somewhat robotic and certainly distant. And that kind of leadership never is a person that you would want to deeply follow."

Dan Allender is the President of Mars Hill Graduate School and Professor of Counseling. He's the author of a bunch of books, among them, The Wounded Heart: Hope for Adult Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse. He's also a former drug dealer and deeply flawed individual. Now you know why I like him so much.

Join Steve as he talks with Allender about his book, Leading with a Limp: Turning Your Struggles into Strengths. If you're a pastor, it may just be the beginning of your salvation.

Join Steve for this week's edition of The Brown Sessions with Jay Bakker. For more from Jay, check out the documentary, One Punk Under God: The Prodigal Son Of Jim And Tammy Faye, and his book, The Son of a Preacher Man: My Search for Grace in the Shadows.

From the book…

"This is the beginning of a beautiful love story, Nancy wrote in her diary after meeting Don Heche, the man she was to marry. Five children and 25 years of marriage later, it seemed as if they were the perfect family. Then Don was diagnosed with AIDS-the shocking discovery of his homosexual secret.

This was only the beginning of loss and heartache. Shortly after Don's death, their 18-year-old son, Nathan, died in a car crash and Nancy fell into years of personal darkness. Eventually, as she was drawn into a long journey of growth and healing, her youngest daughter, Anne, began a very public lesbian love affair.

Despite Nancy's life circumstances, she held on to what she knew of God's promises from Scripture and is discovering how to look at people and the world with God's perspective through eyes full of love and blessing. Her inspiring story of faith and courage will offer hope to anyone who has ever been on the brink of despair, or wondered how to respond with love to someone in a same-sex relationship."

On this edition of The Brown Sessions, Renée talks with us about her journey through hell and how she struggles and stumbles toward faith despite her ordeal.

Renée Altson's nonfiction and poetry have been published in journals and anthologies nationwide. Her blog ianua.org has received wide acclaim and is viewed by the Christian and secular communities as an extraordinary narrative. She is currently working on her second book.

As Cash's authorized biographer, Turner had access to previously unpublished letters, private photographs, as well as friends, family and colleagues in Cash's life, and the book includes behind-the-scenes insights into the death of Cash's wife June.

Check out this edition of The Brown Sessions to hear the consummate fan of Johnny Cash interview the expert's expert on the "Man in Black."

After you listen, watch the video for Hurt (posted below) that was referenced in the show. It's even more intense after getting an insider's look at Cash's life, pain, and faith.

Steve Turner began his journalistic career as Features Editor of the rock monthly Beat Instrumental where he interviewed many of the key figures of early 1970s rock. He then became a freelance journalist, and wrote his first book Conversations with Eric Clapton. In 1998, Bono invited him to write the book for the U2 film Rattle and Hum. He has also written biographies of Cliff Richard, Van Morrison and Marvin Gaye.

The spiritual disciplines are that way. Contemplating oneness with the God of the universe sounds great, but get still and alone with Him long enough and it starts to feel like that family vacation. Add to that the complexities of living in the suburbs, and it's enough to drive a man to drink.

That's why this week's interview is relevant. Join Steve Brown as he talks with Dave Goetz, the author of Death by Suburb: How to Keep the Suburbs from Killing Your Soul. Dave combines his knowledge of life at the edge of the sprawl and his experience with the spiritual disciplines to give even the most hardened suburbanite the hope of achieving a deeper life.

If life and religion in the suburbs have you on the verge of burnout, drop what you're doing and listen to this edition of The Brown Sessions.

According to thesimpleway.org, "…a 7-alarm fire consumed an abandoned warehouse in our Kensington neighborhood in Philadelphia. The Simple Way Community Center at 3200 Potter Street was destroyed as well as at least eight of our neighbors' homes. Over 100 people were evacuated from their homes, and 400 families are currently without power. Despite this tragedy, we are incredibly thankful to share that all of our community members and every one of our neighbors is safely out of harm's way."[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0D8Ai-O-LcU[/youtube]

This of course gives me a great excuse to leave the Shane Claiborne interview up for another week. Beyond the fact that I'll jump at any opportunity to do less work and still stay relevant, The Simple Way community needs your help.

Go to thesimpleway.org to find out how you can help. They have established an emergency relief fund, not just for The Simple Way, but for those in the neighborhood who lost their homes. Keep going back for updates, they'll be needing relief supplies soon as well.

Now, if you're thinking, Shane who? The Simple what? then listen to this interview and get Shane's book, The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical. After you fall in love with him and his work, get involved in their rebuilding effort. As Steve says in this interview, "Shane is the real deal." Alright…enough. Start clickin'.

Are you stuck between unbelieving activists and inactive believers? Feeling fine about life after death, but wondering if the Gospel has something to say about life before death? Could something as simple as love solve the problems in Iraq? Check out this week's edition of The Brown Sessions.

Steve Stockman is the author of Walk On: The Spiritual Journey of U2 and The Rock Cries Out: Discovering Eternal Truth in Unlikely Music. He is also a minister in Ireland, a regular speaker at conferences and festivals, and has his own radio show on BBC Radio Ulster.

This week Steve Brown talks to the other Steve about the U2 book, youth culture, post-postmodernity, and the change that needs to take place in the Church.

Subscribe to the podcast and don't miss part 2 next week, when the Steves talk about spiritual insight in the music of Radiohead, Bob Marley, Kurt Cobain, Bruce Springsteen, and others. Is God speaking to us through their music?