Our pilgrimage continues. we have left behind the spiritual tourists and are now on the main island in Orkney. Orkney Islands are just north of the tip of Scotland, right before the Sheltands. I am attempting to get out to a minor island called Papa Strounsay – the Golgotha Monastary Island. It has been a…
Read MoreChristianity hits Wikipedia
Wikipedia discussed Christianity on their main page last Sunday and now have a large piece. Its probably still very open for people to add their thoughts. Thanks Christdot. And if you may want to read the Emerging Church definition if you havent already seen it. I don’t agree with everything written but i think its…
Read MoreINRI at Suddenly Seminary
Tonight! This will be the last one for a while. Summer is here and i will be traveling to places wifi-deprived and broadband-desolate so we will finish off our little virtual seminary experiment here. I will turn up for one hour at 7pm London time. You have a few hours to prepare. I realise this…
Read MoreTop 5 Festivals
Summer is upon us and its time to find the tent, pack the van, and head off to the festivals. Its an accountability thing . . turning up, showing up, presenting yourself before the elders and checking out how the church is doing. Here are the best 5 festivals you could attend this summer (those…
Read MoreMacworld UK free articles
They are only free this weekend so get them now at Macworld.co.uk. I am using a free trial program for Mac called PageSucker to find and save all the articles automatically into my hard drive. There are similar programs for PC. The address you enter to suck them all out is http://macworld.co.uk/features-old/ And i found…
Read MoreWalking through the tunnel with Rudy (updated)
People around the world are praying for Rudy and Kafi Carrasco’s son Sam. Doctors are close to diagnosing what may be lukemia. Details at Psalm34.blogspot.com. They have been dear friends of ours for a long time. Thanks for all of you who informed me. UPDATE: Jen Lemen has a paypal button for a gift for…
Read MoreTom Wright and Emerging Church
Great time at the conference. Hard core thinking and then some good relaxing times around the pool table. Good to meet many friends there. Tom Wright was great – bringing a balanced eschatology into a whole cosmology to inform his historic ecclesiology. What?????? He talked a lot about bringing the future of God into the…
Read MoreThe Future of the People of God
For the next 3 days I will be trapped inside this creepy looking mansion with 120 people. I am not expecting WiFi and may not be blogging until Friday. Lots of friends and em. church/alt. worship people will be there. Whats the big event? “‘The Future of the People of God’ will be a unique…
Read MoreFuse Factory Opens Today
Fuse Factory just released their new web site from Lausanne, Switzerland. Bryce and Sam and the team there are very good friends, and we have done many things together. We are excited about their new website. They hope to produce new video each week and upload it on this site. This VJ/DJ team has been…
Read MoreTim Bednar Special Guest
Tim will be with us for the first hour at Suddenly Seminary. Lets meet Tuesday 13th July at 7-9 pm (GMT – london time). Discussion will revolve around Tim Bednar’s paper (with the obnoxious title) “We Know More Than Our Pastors: Why Bloggers are the Vanguard of the Participatory Church” Download the 45 page paper…
Read MoreLondon Zoo: Alt worship discussion
Tonight is a special meeting put on by the Headspace people. ” The evening is open to all emerging church, alt.worship, faith communities in (Greater) London”. Discussion (according to rumor) will be about how we can all work together to accomplish justice on some social issues. Details at Si’s blog. I am trying to get…
Read MoreHappy Birthday Debbie
Happy birthday to my lovely wife, Debbie. We had a celebration yesterday with others in our community who were having birthdays (Kevin and Phouc-Tan) and today i am taking her out for breakfast and a movie while the kids are at school.
Read MoreDoodles on Prayer 1.1
Prayer invites God to make Himself known, to turn up, to gatecrash dreams, to warm up hearts of ice. Prayer transcodes the atmosphere, introduces Kingdom tones and flavors, re-composites reality, downloads beauty and grace into spaces raw and ready for healing. Prayer starts the homecoming process, nudging people away from reluctance, situating them on the…
Read MoreVirtual Map Emerging
Its been over two weeks since we started building virtual rooms. Jonathon is building a map. Lots of new rooms are popping up also, and we need to have an open house event one night. This reminds me of the early stages of blogging, except it going much faster. Are you also starting a room?…
Read MoreSt Louis, Missouri. Today.
I think God wants to do something in St Louis, MI this weekend. He has put the city on my mind and heart all week long. – which is why i tuned into Joy FM, St Louis – which is how i found out Dave Crowder Band was there – this morning i got another…
Read More2004 Top Blog Posts on TSK
I just added the blog posts from this blog that received the most comments. They are not necessarily my favorite posts, Some of the best ones were ignored. But these created the most response. The list is in the right column.
Read MoreParticipatory Church: Seminary discussion
Suddenly Seminary – lets meet next Tuesday at 7-9 pm (GMT). Discussion will revolve around Tim Bednar’s paper (with the obnoxious title) “We Know More Than Our Pastors: Why Bloggers are the Vanguard of the Participatory Church” Download the 45 page paper in PDF form here. and come ready to talk about it. Suddenly Seminary…
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