Well, just wrapping the week up and getting ready to close my computer and start cooking the pizzas. This week; – I confirmed 4 conferences and meetings – sheffield, nashville, brasil and one other. – I made an excellent curry (adding pumpkin squash and eggplant to add texture) – i made an excellent goulash (well,…
Read MorePassion tickets please: I’ll take ALL of them
Chrigu from X-stream in Switzerland bought out all the movie tickets for Passion. He says, in the comments section of Reinhold’s blog, “Today we bought two full movie presentations at the biggest movie theater in Thun (Switzerland). We felt that God wants us to buy all the tickets, and give them to our church members,…
Read MoreAdd a little derek to your blog
Happy Birthday Derek Chapman!!! Derek, we wish you a happy birthday and wish you were here in London to celebrate it with us. You are the man who brings God’s COLOR into the emerging church And i am marking this occasion by including color in the writing of this blog. Never before have my blogs…
Read MoreGive me a story
In Dec 2001, during a meeting, I wrote a poem. It gets requested a lot and I am now seeing it pop up on other blogs – and without a link. So here is a retelling of the original poem and a new home for it. Its called “Give Me A Story”. And in case…
Read MorePsalm Twister
Jonny Baker makes it up to Worship Trick Number 77 with his latest – the Psalm Twister. I almost made it out there for that one too! Maybe next time.
Read MoreSXSW awards: Day26 blog
South By Southwest Festival just happened again, and i missed it again [lack of funds and time]. Dangitt!. I try to be there in Austin every year but i keep missing it. Anyway, the web awards were handed out and the award for the best blog went to Day26.com, a photoblog that looks cool, but…
Read MoreEmergent Convention 04: The Skinny
I missed this one, just like i missed it last year. Wish i could have been there to hang out with so many of my good friends and Emergent buddies. The best way to experience a conference that you did not attend, is to do it through bloggers who did attend. Youth Specialties has a…
Read MoreMuslim Passion For Christ
Muslim Passion For Christ is an interesting article about Gibson’s film from a Muslim perspective. It is also open to comments.
Read MoreN-Gage game: Xtreme Pastor
Nahhh . . not really. But I was thinking it would be a good idea.
Read MoreForward Slash: A Narrative Missiology
What I am teaching at conferences this year? I would like to introduce Forward Slash: A Narrative Missiology for the Emerging Culture. This will be an immersive learning environment, created through the use of multimedia, digital storytelling, video loops, music, and (where possible) multiple screens. The narrative will be based on Luke 8-10, a passage…
Read Moree~mergent kiwi’s publishing adventure
One of my favourite thinkers and friends, E~mergent Kiwi Steve Taylor is struggling with the potential and pitfalls of self-publishing over his thoughts on The Passion. Worth a read to understand our new age. Steve’s open letter to Mel G. will be published by Reality Mag on April 19, but i am guessing that the…
Read MoreGlocalnet conference
Bob Roberts is setting up an event called Glocalnet Church Multiplication Conference. Its great to see so many spelling mistakes on the web site of a large conference – it shows that non-english speakers might be involved (always a positive sign) and it is a welcome sign for bloggers – who are notorious for bad…
Read MoreEmerging church talk
Thanks to Marc for summarizing the recent conversation on Emerging Church and creating a tidy little blog entry called Emerging Church talk (2) I will buy you a coffee you in May, Marc, when I come to Amsterdam.
Read MoreWhat a Trend we have in Jesus
Tim Bednar’s article “What A Trend We Have In Jesus: Why Marketing Jesus Does NOT Help Proclaim The Gospel” has a catchy title and asks a good question about marketing the gospel, and if The Passion really is such a good thing for us. My thoughts, influenced by last weeks reading of a Gospel in…
Read MoreFriday Fax: The Power of a Story
Wolfgang Simson’s Friday Fax takes a look at the power of a story in Jim Montgomery’s life.
Read MoreI believe in truth, though . . .
“I believe in truth, though I lie a lot” Philip Oakley, Human League, 1981 from “Love Action”
Read MoreHawking’s Theory of Everything is Over.
Since we are talking cosmology and physics, I was a reading a Sunday Times article featuring Stephen Hawking’s admission that he was wrong (last month) – that there is not a single explanation for everything and probably never will be. “Some people will be very disappointed,” says Hawking. “But I have changed my mind. I’m…
Read MoreIts OK, God, we’re just checking on your work.
This is the deepest anyone has seen into space to glimpse the handiwork of God. Thank to Hubble Space Telescope and this Wired article “Hubble Offers Glimpse of Creation”. When I studied theology, Dr. David Needham gave us this assignment – he made us all go our at night to a quiet place, and lie…
Read MoreTribal Generation Brasil
I was just looking at photos on the Tribal Generation Brasil site. There is a great history of the events and roundtables we have been having over the past 4 years, beginning with Sheffield (pictured), then Austin TX, then Malaysia (Great Commission Roundtable), Colombia, Japan and Prague. (Special thanks to Wolfgang Fernandez and his hard…
Read MoreNicole Kidman in Narnia
Christdot reports that Nicole Kidman Will Play White Witch in the C.S. Lewis Movie that will be shot in NZ. Looking forward to seeing that one!
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