Gluttony? What did you say?

DallasNews.com has an article that will probably be IGNORED completely by the majority of churches. Those influenced by a postmodern mindset should take it seriously, and have possibly already developed a holistic understanding of the body-spirit connection, and a theology of the body to match. But for many of the churches in the old paradigm…

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WiFi Detector

Jordon Cooper just put me on to MacStumbler, a WiFi detector for my iBook for scouting on the run, or in my car – which i often do. You know what I really want? A WiFi detecting watch that tells the time and how strong the signal is at the same time. Will somebody please…

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Thanksgiving

Big meal, Monty Python marathon, 2 Turkeys, Lazy day of eating and cooking. This Thanksgiving was more American than most – since we invited other Americans to join us rather than internationals or locals from Prague, as we did last year. The wildest Thanksgiving we ever had was with the street kids in San Francisco.…

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Man With a Movie Camera

I need to decide where to take my wife tonight on our “date” and I am presented with two great options, each one a treat and well worth attending. 1. Alternative culture festival with film and music and art – all in the Czech language. 2. A viewing of the early Russian avant-garde film “Man…

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Writing my book

Today I’m getting stuck into writing my book. I am carrying large loads of books on new media and postmodernism and systems theory down into my rarely used office. The book will be on the global emerging culture and I hope to release a preview online on Christmas day – but no promises!

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Dresden, Germany.

Dresden. We were here on Friday. Some of the team had to get their visas stamped again and so we just took everybody across the border. We had a really good time, and for all the details you can go to my sister Sarah’s blog entry and read all the gory details (the goriest being…

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69,000 pilgrims in Spain this year

From a News article this morning: “Over the past two decades, the recorded number of pilgrims trekking to Santiago de Compostela has soared from just 120 in 1982, to nearly 69,000 this year. An expert on the pilgrimage, Olivier Cebe, says the surge has been astonishing, particularly since most of the pilgrims are Europeans, and…

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Austin Powers marathon

We watched an Austin Powers marathon last night for our belated pizza night, but I fell asleep during the second movie. I must have been dreaming that Austin was preaching a sermon!!!

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Theoblogians in France

I saw Oikos pop up in the Typepad blogs and a few clicks later, I was reading French language blogging about God – Funny thing is that I know these people in Paris, I have stayed with Jonathon Finley in their WiFi house during an event earlier this year (read my old blog entry for…

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Blogging Course

Bruce, who is grieving over losing the rugby a minute ago, put me on to this blogging course resource page.

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She Got Maryellen Eyes

The type you are reading right now was just increased in size (at least it is supposed to be) at the request of Maryellen McKee, of Whitethorn, California, who doesn’t want to buy glasses. Hi McKees!!!

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Big-Budget ‘Narnia’ Film

Big-Budget ‘Narnia’ Film Nearing Production This should be an improvement on the last Narnia film series!!! Good to see them film it in NEW ZEALAND.

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I blinked and missed it

Brad told me that he and his friends were all discussing an excellent post by Dan Hughes on TheyBlinked but when I went there, I couldn’t see which one they were talking about. I like Dan’s blog and his way of thinking. Dan, who I met in person earlier this year in Austin, is another…

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DwightFriesen.com

Checking in on my friend in Seattle who has a really good web site – dwightfriesen.com – for thinking and art. Hi Dwight. Really late now – 1:30am. I felt a little sick earlier and went to bed. I woke up and thought it was morning. But it wasnt at all moring. Now I tap…

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Tamara’s Rash Gone

Tamara has had a rash which is now clearing up – we stopped the red cordial drink and it seems to be doing the trick. She is well. She speaks a little. She loves her dad. She likes to put on shoes and dress up like dad. And eat what dad is eating. Dad’s happy!

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Elizabeth’s Tooth Capped

Elizabeth got her tooth capped, after knocking out the corner of her front tooth over the weekend. Unfortunately, it was a bit of a horror story. The dentist at the hospital in Prague was barely competent. She was barefoot!. Yes, barefoot. And after she put the putty in and finished off, I had to encourage…

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