I was in the CMS office today in London and happened to meet Dr. Michael Moynagh, author of Changing World, Changing Church. Haven’t read the book yet, but i really liked meeting Michael – and he promised to come back to London sometime and have a curry with me – look forward to it very…
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Andrew Careaga mentions his Google hits of the day. Well, here are 5 Google visitors today and what they typed to end up on my site; moving to London from USA sun nudes goat sacrificing ibook vs powerbook 2004 news feeder
Read More5 person video chat
Yesterday, on a train to Zurich, a Dutchman named Ap asked me if a 8-person video chat was possible. I told him no, not yet. However, I just found a 5-person video chat software that is not only cheap ($40) but also operates in Dutch. What does this mean for church? Maybe it means that…
Read MoreTeaching Series May 1st
Come back on May 1st and I will start a daily teaching series on new media, new mind, and finding your voice on the internet. This has been requested by a lot of people and its about time i did it. Much of the content from Forward Slash will be included. I will be sending…
Read MoreExegeting U2
“If you’re a fan of U2, when you come to a situation of discouragement, when you need to be encouraged to persevere, you may come to that situation with “Walk On” in your head. There’s just a natural connection that you make of these different texts and these different ways of telling the story of…
Read MoreBack home from Switzerland
I had a great time in Switzerland. Its really a crime not to come to this country – they have done so much to make life easy. Switzerland is a unusual place. The people have a down-to-earth mountain-people feel to them, and yet they are incredibly structured and organized. Imagine Beverly Hills in the Appalachian…
Read MoreAnother Alpine weekend
Don’t you just hate it when everyone gets to stay home while you have to go to the Swiss Alps and eat the world’s finest chocolate, breathe fresh alpine air and listen to the ringing of cow-bells and old men blowing long horns on the mountainside? I know I do! Still, I have been to…
Read More/ in Switzerland
/ ? Thats a forward slash symbol, in case you were wondering. Tomorrow I leave for Switzerland to teach at a conference called Carpe Manana. This is my first public release of a narrative missiology called Forward Slash. The focus will be understanding the major shift from old media minds to new media minds and…
Read More3D Future of Church?
Church of Fools opens on May 11th, thanks to Specialmoves.com in London. “It picks up the challenge of Archbishop Rowan Williams’ Mission-shaped Church initiative –to create new expressions for Generation X-Box” says Steve Goddard, from Ship of Fools Link from Coop
Read MoreWhat About Erling?
No comments on Erling and the interesting variety of readers he gets commenting on his poetry site? i told you on saturday but nobody took the bait. come on. take a hint and make my day. And think about the impact spiritual poetry can make and the vast range of people who read it.
Read MoreiBook vs PowerBook
New releases today from Apple, including Motion software and iBook with a superdrive. Cant decide which one you cant afford? No prob . . . let Macmegasite decide for you between the new iBook and PowerBook. Watch out for hot deals from Apple on old stuff.
Read MoreOn this day, 1882
According to WFMU “The Old Codgers Alamanac”, April 19 is the day Charles Darwin died. (Image their own personal theological interpretation and not necessarily The Skinny on what really happened)
Read MoreThe Skinny on Support
Or, if i could have a long title, “Everything you wanted to know about the TallSkinnyKiwi and his money but were afraid he would ask”. I am writing this in response to a comment from a lovely housewife, and some others who asked me yesterday about my situation and how to help. If you dont…
Read MoreEurochurch
About that meeting i missed in Manchester. Apparently they didnt miss me. They had a great time and changed everything. They voted to officially stop the European Church Growth Association and start a new organization called Eurochurch. Domain name was purchased a few hours ago – eurochurch.net – Martin Robinson will head up the core…
Read MoreA Church called Feast
Last night I sat on the floor with some young people who are kicking off a church re:start next week. It used to be called “Host” but the new church will be called “Feast”. I like the name. Lots of connotations of Last Supper, Love Feast, Do “this” in remembrance (interactive meal), and a focus…
Read MoreConfess your sins online
Need to confess something? Grouphug.us is one way to make it public. There wont be a priest available to absolve you, but getting it out in the open may be a part of your forgiveness process. Warning: This is not a site to go reading in – i guarantee you will be offended. Its a…
Read MoreI Am Somebody
Strawberries: To be somebody is to see the mystery of God in Norwegian strawberies They look like rubies but taste like candy from heaven. (more . . . from my friend Erling at “I Am Somebody”), whose site gets comments from people who dont seem to come to my blog.
Read MoreRapture Culture
“What most intrigues Hendershot about the $4-billion-per-year “Christian lifestyles industry” is how the evangelicals in it negotiate the injunction to be “in the world but not of it.” – A quote from Marketing the Messiah, a review of 2 new books about “Rapture Culture” and evangelicals.
Read MoreKaosBox III released
For the church that has everything except . . . a KaosBox visual synthesizer. Really, who needs an overhead projector when you can have this?
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