Hey – I am in Pasadena at this gathering-conference-thing and there are blogger friends all around me. . . .Let me pass the computer around . . . here they are . . . – Hey, this is Jason Evans – One of the great honors of my life is to have posted on tallskinny…
Read Morechillin with free fall
hangin at heathrow. again. waiting for my flight to l.a. i travelled down on a plane with free fall, a boy band who have a top ten single at the mo. nice guys. we almost missed the plane out of orkney together. my daughter saw them peform yesterday in orkney . . . but i…
Read MoreCalifornia: Back (updated)
California: Right Back Where We Started From. 5 years ago, our family left from So Cal to go to Europe. I have actually lived in California 3 times, 1. I got married to Debbie (a Californian) in Orange County and we lived in Placentia for 6 months. I heard songs about Californian girls and I…
Read MoreEmerging Digital Culture
“You’ve got a church movement growing up in Starbucks all over the country now. So the digital culture is far more eclectic; it’s far more encompassing, much more grass roots interaction as opposed to someone from the top bringing it down and disseminating it out . . .” Rex Miller Like myself, Rex Miller has…
Read MoreWill Wicca Be America’s 3rd Religion?
I dont know. But I do know that fundamentalist Steve Wohlberg got the witches and pagans pretty excited when his book (Hour of the Witch) contained an estimate that Wicca could be America’s 3rd religion by 2012. EMediaWire is running with the story and the people at witchcrafttoday.com have blogged it.. But how would they…
Read MoreJesus in Chinese Art
Circle of Pneuma in Australia has these great images from China of the life of Jesus. These pictures: 1. Nativity and 2. The Woman at the Well. More UPDATE: I like these a lot better than Western images of Jesus.
Read MoreSunday with Rich Mullins
The music of the late Rich Mullins is filling my kitchen. Rich will rule our soundwaves today. Friends are coming over. I am making a wicked roast port. The sun is shining. Its a good Sunday. And Rich Mullins is playing. Rich Mullins, in my opinion, was the Keith Green of the early 90’s. He…
Read MoreAll Things in Common
Some thoughts on intentional community, from an old article that i just found this morning. Its called All Things in Common (2002) In community, “you get hurt more deeply. You laugh harder,” says Shane Claiborne of The Simple Way “It’s like a freaking operating room,” Brian Ollman says. “It’s bloody but it’s beautiful. It’s scary…
Read MoreAs For Me And My Hi-Fi
Why buy an iPod when you can have a record player for less than a hamburger? My son is thrilled with his iPod Shuffle. He is the only iPod enabled person in my family. But as for me and my HI-FI, I still think my £2 Hitachi stereo is funner and the music is cheaper.…
Read MorePapal domain
“two nights at the Vatican hotel, one of those hats, complete absolution and world peace.” the price for Roger Cadebhead to hand over the domain name BenedictXVI.com, which is getting 1000 hits a minute. CNN
Read MoreMessage to be Podcast
I will be speaking at Harambee, Pasadena, California next Thursday. Lunch and talk. Topic is “The Emerging Church around the Globe.” Details here. Rudy says he will podcast the 15 minute message.
Read More6 Tech Resources
1. Mike has started a blog for VJ’s called VJ Village. This guerilla projector is just the thing i need for my next street preaching experience. 2. BetaChurch.org – new in the blogsophere and they are sick of LAME church websites. Good site thats off to a good start. 3. Blogging University open for enrolment…
Read MoreIf John O’K applied for Cedar
– Describe your current position. John OK: unemployeed (is that a title?) – Describe the largest church you have worked with (or attended). What were its strengths and weaknesses? John OK: 8,000; the strength was that it had the money and people to do great things for christ. the weakness was that it never did…
Read MoreThe Book by Dr. D.A. Carson
Dr DA Carson’s eagerly awaited book has just came out. Its called "Being Conversant with the Emerging Church: Understanding a Movement and Its Implications". The book is based on a tape series (Tape 1 and 2) which many of us have been considering and discussing over a 5 month period. Its no secret that many,…
Read MoreIgnorance and Division
“What threw me for a loop was how so many folks did not equate the emerging church or emergent with being missional” More from Holly.
Read MoreGreat names for blogs
My Technocrati RSS feed for emerging church is showing me some blogs with really creative names. The best two today were: Blog in my own eye and And can it blog
Read MoreTrying out Google Maps
I have some appointments in California next week, so I get to road test the beta version of Google Maps which only work in USA. My meeting is with Dr. E.B. Brooks, of the Baptist General Convention of Texas and we are meeting at the Coffee By the Books, at Fuller Seminary. And thanks to…
Read MoreConservative Pope Gives first Mass
The first Mass, as the white smoke clears the streets of Vatican City. I am glad the Roman Catholics got a conservative Pope. When i was praying for them to choose the right leader, a conservative Catholic was strongly in my mind. Not saying I agree with all the conservative choices . . . thats…
Read MoreBook: Out of Bounds Church?
UPDATE: Good review at A-Team Blog (ORIGINAL POST) I read a GREAT book in the bath this morning: The Out of Bounds Church?: Learning to Create a Community of Faith in a Culture of Change, by Steve Taylor of Emergent Kiwi Blog. Steve is a baptist pastor, and has completed a PhD in postmodern worship,…
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