WillowFreak

WillowFreak: Thats the name of the yearly leadership meeting for the Jesus Freaks International, a ministry network that was birthed in the German alternative culture. Mirko is one of the founders and leaders. He came over for lunch in Frankfurt when i was there a few days ago, and we chatted about Jesus Freaks and…

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I am my own Jailer

(I wrote this yesterday on the train between Frankfurt and Dresden) ________________ up wards struggling calling softly so that no one will hear my voiceless cry for freedom i am my own jailer i have locked myself in a prison of goals and have thrown the key beyond reach like the expectations that cuff my…

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4 Square Conference

I am writing on a train between Frankfurt and Dresden. The conference is over, and my job is done. I feel like i did OK – And i feel greatly encouraged by the 120 people who were there. They have given me a stack of papers with poems, thank-yous, prophetic images and pictures of trees…

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iiimmmm back

Back online after 3 days with no internet. The conference in the snowy woods of Germany went really well – we had a fantastic time – I hope to be spending time with friends in Prague today.  just love this city. love it! I have oodles of thoughts and poems and pictures to upload from…

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Samuel scores an iPod Shuffle

Samuel’s birthday on the 28th. He was thrilled to death to be the first member of the Jones family to get an iPod – thanks to the release of iPod Shuffle and its affordable price. Samuel is a way cool son. He is now 14.

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Happy Birthday Elizabeth

She turns 12 today. And we found a very cool 1999 iMac on ebay for her present. She wants to be a writer, and publish books. We hope having her own computer (the first of our kids to have their own) will help in that. Happy birthday Liz!!!! Sorry i cant be there today. Enjoy…

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Airport Crawl in London

I was at Camp Luton a few hours ago – the airport where 5 of us camped out for the night last month – an enjoyable night on the hard floor. Now I am at London’s Stanstead airport, about to leave for Frankurt. I Just called Si J. of Protest4.com – he tells me there…

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Hanging with Liam

Liam’s house tonight. Its a student dorm room for one – Liam is kindly offering this old man the bed while he rolls out the thermorest on the small piece of floor leftover, a space almost large enough for a person to actually lie down and sleep on. I met Liam in Orkney a few…

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Keynote 2

Link: MacCentral: First Look: Keynote 2. It still looks canned to me, and i wont be using it. But one feature is pretty sweet: You can present a website in real time . . .

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Staying at George MacDonalds School

Today I take a flight to Aberdeen and will have dinner with a theolgy student named Liam. I will also be staying at the student accomodation of the Uni of Aberdeen, where one of my heros George MacDonald attended school last century. George studied theology here and then moved south to England where he was…

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Geekness and the Fear of Death

My son is a geek. This is how i know. When I ask him what time it is, he goes looking for a computer, no matter how many clocks are on the wall. Last week I saw him start up a computer and wait for it to boot up, just so he could see what…

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Emerging Church Events: B there

The Emerging Church Seminar in Basel, Switzerland with Mike Bishoff is coming up, an I have already mentioned our input at the DAWN Convention in Wilderswill, Switzerland. Cant make it to Switzerland??? What a shame! You are really going to miss out. But don’t worry, we are entering the Conference Season and there are plenty…

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Pizza Party for Elizabeth

Last night was a sleepover/PizzaParty/movie night for Elizabeth as a part of her 12th birthday party. 5 friends came over and made pizzas with us. But they also made extra pizzas to raise money for Tsunami victims at a boot sale organized by our friend Eileen. Well done, girls! They watched a Spy Kids marathon-…

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Yahweh Karaoke for Germany

I got up at 3am this morning to put a song together and it is pretty much done. Here’s what I did. I mixed U2’s “Yahweh” (Track 11, How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb) with a video loop which i found on Jonny Baker’s worship trick 100. The 26MB video is parked here, but the…

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My Mac Mini

Its true. I bought a Mac Mini. Very rarely do i part with money for Big New Technology, or in this case, Tiny Technology, but i went ahead and ordered it on the second day of its release. We were given some money for a new computer a few months ago, when my iBook died…

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Busy, Busy, Buried

I am working hard on my teaching materials – nose to screen, very busy, too unsociable to blog or read the blogs of others. Stuff i would like to mention, when i get the chance, is: my 200 pound volvo my Mac Mini – yes, we moving out of G3 into G4 (about time) my…

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Tsunami Blogger

100 blog posts in 24 hours. THESE next 24 hours. See Darren blog until it hurts at breakingnewsblog. Proceeds for Tsunami victims.

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Damah: Everyone Needs a Yoda

“Always two there are, a master and an apprentice.” Yoda, The Phantom Menace. Everyone needs a Yoda, says my friend Patrick from Damah Film Festival. Theres some good advice for mentoring there . . Go and read the newsletter. DATES for 4th Annual Damah Film Festival: March 11-12 in Hollywood. I might be there. Did…

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Another 100,000 hits

OOOPS. This blog clocked another 100.000 hits – and i missed it. I was planning to have another party and give another prize away to the one who hit the big one, but didnt realize it was coming up so soon. My apologies. I will watch more closely next time. But hey – thanks everyone…

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