We just finished volunteering at the Organic River Festival. It’s an amazing thing to set up a village out of nothing, share a great experience with a lot of people, and then pack it all down again. Highlights were hanging out with young people from Germany and France (WOOFers) who were the main volunteer force,…
Read MoreOn holiday. No posts. But plz. watch my video
Finally, I have got my family away for a few days holiday. We are close to the beach at a friends bach (shack) which happens to be much bigger than our yurt and quite nice. We haven’t got away all year, not even for a weekend, which is crazy because summer came and went here…
Read MorePassionFest this week
There is a huge marquee on the field next to our yurt. Thats because PassionFest happens this weekend. Its a small, intimate, social justice festival for about 300+ people. We were here last year and loved it. So if you are in New Zealand then come on over and bring your tent. Read more about…
Read MorePassionFest 2012 in New Zealand
Last summer we were at Parachute Festival as well as PassionFest. But this summer our family will only be at PassionFest who have asked me to teach a workshop. I offered to speak at Parachute but they already have their speakers this year and don't need me. [sob sob] They are very different festivals, as…
Read MoreFreakstock 2011
We arrived at Freakstock Festival in Germany and have set up our truck. There is a steady stream of people coming over for coffee and a chat. This festival, organized by Jesus Freaks International, is one of our favorites and our kids insisted we return this year. There was a time when one of my…
Read MoreWild Jesus freaks gathering at a festival
This week we will be part of a global gathering of emerging urban underground ministry leaders who are coming together as part of a roundtable event. Cornerstone Festival in Illinois, USA has generously allowed us to gatecrash their event and in fact has even put some of us on the speaking schedule. Like me, my…
Read MoreI need books on emerging blogging nomadic couch surfing apostles
I need you to recommend some books for me. The creative people at Cornerstone Festival have taken my three seminars and given them a single title. THANKS! I have asked them to change the “emergent” word, which I try to avoid, but that’s fine if they want to use it. Here’s how the seminar looks on their website: Emergent…
Read MoreMy ‘BLOGGING FOR ACTIVISTS’ workshop at PassionFest 2011
We are about to head south to be a part of New Zealand's PassionFest which runs from Feb 11 to 13 in Waikanae. I actually had never heard of it which is strange because it appears to be NZ's most exciting Christian Festival based around art, justice, food and fun – which makes it very…
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