We got our rental contract signed and are moving in today. A little 3 bedroom terrace house all squished up to the flats next to it – very english. Bea from moogaloo blog is with us from Sheffield and is staying the weekend. Thanks all for your prayers and cheers. Consider me on a 2-3…
Read MorePraying with 17000 people
Half night of prayer for London tonight that i am trying to get to, me and 17,000 other people. [BackBlog] Well, as it turned out, Debbie had to pick someone up from the trainstaion that night so i could’t go – but it is actually on March 26 (thanks to the comment below that brought…
Read MoreThe WiFi Enabled Church
Someone asked me last week about WiFi in the church. Its a great question, and i believe that it will change the way of teaching in traditional churches over the next few years. It may also affect house churches, since much of the new growth in wifi will be in the homes.
Read MoreVJ’ing a school disco
Debbie (my wife) attended a school meeting for parents and somehow i got volunteered to be the VJ at the school disco.
Read MoreImitation Of Christ for Lent
Let Thomas a’ Kempis take you through Lent. Some of us are working through his book, “The Imitation of Christ” which is sent out to our RSS news readers. Or you can just go to ourdailyblog.com and get the daily chapter.
Read MoreVree vroughts on accents
Good news! Our application to rent in Walthamstow, London was just accepted and we should be moving in within a week. We have already got the phone number and i will order broadband. Who cares about water, heat and electricity? I just need broadband internet access. And coffee. Broadband and coffee.
Read MoreThe Passion
I expect that Mel Gibson’s movie will be the point of focus for bloggers over the next 2 days. I cant see it until it is released here in London so I want to pass you on to those who can speak from perspective. Who? I would probably start with veteran theoblogian Rudy Carrasco at…
Read MoreBlah – with Tom and Christine Sine
I attended a great event last night called Blah. These are evenings of missiological discussion sponsored by Church Missionary Society in London. Think . . 50 people in a big room, round tables, merlot and chardonnay, nibblies to eat, and guest speakers each time to kick start the conversation. Cool, ay! What a great mission…
Read MoreThe Girls Post: A Definitive History
Wooh. What a ride. What a blog-pile. Glad the story has ended so well, at least this chapter, all of us still friends and all learning from each other. It has been a learning experience for me. I have already noticed a few short histories of this diablog on women vs girls. I want to…
Read MoreBeing A Woman In Minstry
Things I Wish People Knew about Being A Woman In Minstry is the most helpful thing I have read on the subject today (part of my rehab). “1. We don’t like being called girls.” Now why would she say that? Thanks to Justin for that link to Rachelle and for speaking in my absence over…
Read MoreWomen: Am I Missing Something?
Back again. After another weekend internet-off-line but family-on-line. i found a wifi spot this morning near Sainsbury’s in Wathamstow and sucked in my email. Thanks to all of you for your comments and your commitment to me. I am honored. I knew something was up when I had a number of emails apologizing for harsh…
Read More“i hate the emerging church”
Speaking of emering church, i came across a group of churches in USA that were really really organic. They shifted the house meeting every time they met to allow mixed leadership. They had a big focus on food (even wrote their own cookbooks) and there commitment level to each other was so strong that insurance…
Read MoreMordecai had a mullet
Reinhold, whose blog has been rocking over the last 2 weeks (i have been checking it) asks about mullets. Mullets are the mohawks of the new millenium. A mullet is a hairstyle that is short in the front and long in the back (bi-level). David Bowie kicked off the trend over 20 years ago and…
Read MoreUrban poor and GIRLS
[UPDATE Dec 6, 2005: Welcome to my controversial post – maybe the only blog post in the world with its own reunion party. Just want you to know before you read it that the context of our conversation (that i neglected to link to) was TEENAGERS of the FEMALE variety in China who were starting…
Read MoreKids in London
Feeling better after the flu. We went into London yesterday with the kids who are on a week’s holiday from school. London is a great city to be in. The couple on the right just got engaged. Phuoc-Tan Diep. (pronounced Foo-tan) proposed to Maggie Blick and they will be married in May. Maggie was in…
Read MoreFlu in the house
We are all sick with the flu. Tamara hurled on my robe last night and Abigail hit her target today (the toilet). Samuel is next. I am not feeling too good either . . . so ., . . consider me on a blog fast for a few days. Otherwise, we are all in good…
Read MoreQuestions and the Mullet of Jesus
There have been some really good questions the last 2 weeks, most of which i wish i had time to answer in full. I will probably do so soon, or tackle them in my UP AND COMING BOOK. But in the meantime, here are some quick responses.
Read MoreChristian Booksellers and Pomos
want to change the world of Christian publishing? Brad Sargent is asking a few of us to take a look at CBA’s thoughts on pomo books, or at least what kind of books to try to sell to postmoderns. Its a gold mine of information on current thought and challenges, and really fun to read.…
Read MoreFamily news – school
First day at a new school today for our three eldest girls, who are now 11, 9 and 6. They are really excited. The teachers are nice and the students friendly. We have found a house next to the school and are applying to rent it. I am working on the references today to quicken…
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