Small world. I am now sitting at my desk in London, listening to Joy FM from St Louis, Missouri, who are talking about David Crowder, my friend from Waco Texas. I guess The Dave Crowder band are playing in St Louis this weekend, because they are looking at a photo of him and are talking…
Read MoreA Theoblogican Revolution
Is a blog just a “compilation of articles”, as CT define it? Or is there a revolution going on that mainstream publishers have not yet acknowledged? I am sending an email to Christianity Today regarding their article, A Theoblogical Revolution. I waited a long time for them to write about blogging but think they could…
Read MoreA Guy Named Josh
the path of my life/ flows different/ an unusual stream/ at times weird/ misunderstood/ everything i do/ is not what i would have done/ if it were not for/ someone/ a guy named josh who lived long ago/ was not wealthy/ sometimes homeless/ upset some/ healed many/ made the way possible/ for this life i…
Read MoreMr Bean Speaks on Religion Law
BBC on new law: “Inciting religious hatred is to be made a criminal offence under plans unveiled by Home Secretary David Blunkett. . . Comedians such as Rowan Atkinson raised fears the law change could have outlawed jokes about religion. The Blackadder star suggested Monty Python’s Life of Brian would not have been made if…
Read MoreHappy birthday Sarah
Happy birthday to my sister Sarah, who is almost as OLD as me. Although she never manages to catch up. Sarah and Bruce and their kids were with us in Prague last year but are now back in Australia. They made the newspapers a few months ago with their new mission – bringing godly counsel…
Read MoreJust Stop Saying “Just”
From Holy Observer : “For decades, God has lavished his followers with linguistic grace regarding what could be considered an epidemic in the prayer world – the use of the word “just.” Usually found in a pattern similar to “God, please just [insert petition] and just [insert another petition],” the word “just” has made answering…
Read MoreEmergence in the Urban Church
BLAH TONIGHT.Speaker is Kester Brewin from Vaux. I was hugely impressed with Vaux, the church in London that Kester helped to start. An urban church with taste in art, a sublime and moving service that was curated by Andy Thornton. This was back in 2000 and i still have the video. What a cool church.…
Read MoreThe Penguin Driven Church
Churches using Linux can save a lot of money. “The good news is that our $80 Linux distribution will be able to handle our church data for years to come. If 1,500 people show up one Sunday morning and join our ministry, I can manage all of that data, whether they arrive next Sunday or…
Read MoreSemi-Goth Pilgrim
This is the map on our dining room wall. Debbie updated it today when Cindy SMS’d some new coordinates. We are very proud of Cindy Blick who is on pilgrimage in Spain. She walked 37k in one day, and is well on her way to getting to Santiago de Competela by July 24th. Cindy was…
Read MoreChat on Tuesday [updated]
Update: I will be in earlier since i need to be at Blah in London tonight. Hey – come and visit me online . I will be in Suddenly Seminary [or Boaz Lounge]from 7-9 pm GMT [during the day – 9am – 11am] and i might be chatting at various times during the day. Go…
Read MoreCamping Mocks The Homeless
Camping Mocks The Homeless is Doug Pagitt’s war on reductionist thinking. He highlights dumb/simplistic things that Christians sometimes say . . like “Bread not Bombs”, “Buying gas fuels terrorism”, “If the Bible is not right on things, it is right on no things”, “Fasting Mocks the Starving” or “House Churches Have No Sex Appeal” and…
Read MoreHouse Churches Have No Sex Appeal
I just submitted an article to an English web site. Having writer’s block, I edited one of my earlier articles for an English audience. House Churches Have No Sex Appeal (And Other Gripes). You cannot talk about emerging church without talking about house church. Only in wealthy post-Christian countries do we have the luxury of…
Read MoreGrok Your Blog
Beloved, let us grok one another. Grok with a Grokker from Grokker.com. It’ s a way of visualizing your blog contents, or any web site, or even the hard disk on your computer. This is how my blog looked this morning after I downloaded a free trial. Go on, get yourself a new toy for…
Read MoreHow secure is the internet?
Not very. Only way to stay truly secure is to not turn on your computer or not hook up to the internet. So said one of the guys who heads up Privacy International. We had a good chat at the Tech Active panel discussion on Monday. I figured i would ask him all my security…
Read MoreBea’s Baby Shower
Bea of the Moogaloo blog is having a baby shower. Debbie (my wife) and Shannon (of Emerging Church Network fame) have gone up to Sheffield for the celebration. They plan to spend 2 days up there encouraging some of the young people that are starting new things. TallSkinnyFather gets to watch the kids. Bit of…
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