Steve Taylor, who will be publishing his paper on his DownUnderBlog really soon, makes some recommendations for “postmodern monasteries”. • A physical space. I think it needs to be earthed somewhere. It becomes far more meaningful if relationships are physically shared. • Develop a rhythm of prayer, a shared daily spirituality that ensures geeks do…
Read MoreTrying to Define the Postmodern Monasteries
Much discussion going on about this. What is the difference between a “monastic” and an “ecclesiastic” model of church? Aren’t monasteries where people go to retreat from life rather than engage? Is the community in Austin a “monastic” structure at all and who cares? Regarding the Austin community, and many of the similar communities in…
Read More20inch iMac
Now thats an iMac! I got my first and only iMac in March, 2000. Its still going strong and is the hub of our “digital lifestyle”.
Read MoreiPod MP3jing
Methodshop.com: “There’s two ways to DJ with an iPod. The first is to go “pure Pod” and set up with two iPods and a mixer. This method is less perfect and more for the crowd’s geek-fun of it all. The mp3j’s doing all the mixing are usually audience members like at noWax or APT. The…
Read MoreOoze Web-a-thon
Spencer Burke has been giving himself away at The Ooze for 6 years. Time for payback. The guy needs to support his family. Someone needs to send him some money for 2004 and the Web-a-thon may help.
Read MoreWestlake on Matrix
My Aussie friend Geoff Westlake finally saw Matrix Revolutions and blogged some thoughts, including a quote from the Wachowski brothers in 1999 to Time Mag: “The Bible seeks to answer a lot of relevant questions for man,” says Larry. “In the film we refer to the story of Nebuchadnezzar; he has a dream he can’t…
Read MoreRSS Feeds
Up early this morning, loading up sites on the RSS News Feeder. I am using Net News Wire as my software of choice. Basically what it does is bring all the web sites and news headlines (and blog titles) to me instead of my chasing down them. Another good reason for all bloggers to switch…
Read MoreThe Baptist Monastery
Another question regarding monasteries caused me to write up some more thoughts. Gary Q: I was intrigued by your idea of a modern day monastery, like the boiler room and 24:7 movement. Have you written anything on this? A: Hi Gary. Nice to meet you in London earlier this month. Wish we could have had…
Read MoreReflections on Mike Yaconelli – Blogs
Reflections on Mike Yaconelli - Youth Specialities "searched the blog world for folks who wrote about Mike Yaconelli and his imprint on their lives." Read More
Lurker of the day: Darrell
Lurker of the day: Darrell. Darrell, who visited my site twice today (according to my stats) and has never left a comment, email or trace of his blog-lurking, just went to a Christian conference in Virginia called WAVE and will be giving a blog-report soon. Hi Darrell.
Read MoreGoodbye Lenin and goodbye communism
Holiday today, an anniversary celebration of leaving communisim behind in 1989 and moving on to a new life. Debbie, my red-headed dreadlocked wife, went out and saw “Goodbye Lenin“, an excellent movie dealing with the east/west transition. The movie was in German with Czech subtitles, but Debbie loved it – cheering and laughing and crying…
Read MoreG5 Powerbook in May 04?
AppleInsider: Apple is said to be working with a company called Cooligy to try and attain their goal of deploying a PowerBook G5 by May of 2004
Read MoreJonny Baker’s new blog
Jonny Baker has a new blog. I stayed with him in London a week ago and we took a look at Typepad.com together. Good move, Jonny.
Read MoreWatercarriers.org – new web site in town
Watercarriers is a brand spanking new website that will help resource “Simple Church”. Great to see them kick it off with a blog section. George Howell from Penn, USA is the man behind it.
Read MoreQuestions about WorldconneX
I have emails already this morning from people inquiring about WorldconneX, the new missions network from BGCT. Here are some questions answered by Keith Parks last week. Q: “What will be your relationship with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and the SBC International Mission Board?” A: “We have been in contact with CBF, the IMB and…
Read MoreThe X-Men
From The Baptist Standard: WorldconneX, the Baptist General Convention of Texas’ new missions network, stands “between a dream and a prayer,” according to network leader Bill Tinsley. And he hopes it always stays there. “We are attempting to do something new in missions as Baptists, to take what never changes–God’s vision for his world–and connect…
Read MoreOn this day
According to my recently obtained (Mac OsX only) software Back in the Day . . . On this day in 1973, Richard Nixon says “I am not a crook.”
Read MoreWhat am I really listening to?
My Kung-log editing software has an iTunes button that tells you I am listening to: Let me click it . . . . . . Beautiful from the album “Stripped” by Christine Aguilera Ahhhhhh. How embarrasing. Listening to my wife’s sissy music while I do my manly strategic work. Thats the thing about the automation…
Read MoreResidual Church and Emerging Church
I was up again at 4 this morning, reading and surfing, drinking way too much tea, refusing to shave or look good as a part of my Sunday morning ritual. I was reading “Aftershocks: the End of Style Culture”, (by Steve Beard) in the bathtub and I stumbled on his unpublished PhD dissertation fragment from…
Read MoreReading LOTR Script
We downloaded the script for Lord of The Rings and were reading through it for home schooling this week. Lots of fun for the kids and good reading exercise. We are homeschooling our kids in a way that uses unschooling and guided resources at the same time. I think there are a lot of similarities…
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