“Do you remember it? Never mind the warbling sentimental music, the moony Francis, the flowery fields. Still, what is so well described is Francis’ experience of Christ which changed everything in his life. “ Sharon of Clarity’s Place in yesterdays post about movements. Remember it? We bought the video last year. My kids probably think…
Read MoreEmergent Yes, No and Hummm??
Emergent Yes The Emergent Conference starts May 19 in Nashville. Should be a great experience with great teachers. My best bet would be Alan Roxburgh and Doug Pagitt. The others are worth hearing also. This will be the last of the Emergent/Youth Specialties Conferences before their re-emergence in 2007. UPDATE: Bloggers connect here. Emergent No…
Read MoreLargest Churches
I blogged this before, so you probably know that the largest churches in Europe are in 1. Lisbon (Portugal) 2. Budapest (Hungary) But what about The Top 10 churches in the world?
Read MorePentecost Grid Blog :: The Sound of Dust
The Sound of Dust was written for Pentecost Grid Blog, May 15, 2005. This is one of many blog entries around the globe, and you can go here for a full list. But an easier way to track them all might be going here to Technorati and view the posts as they come in, or…
Read MoreHow Ecumenical We Are
Pentecost Sunday is the day I think about the birth of the church and the church as it exists today, spanning the globe as the most diverse, most multi-national, fastest growing movement ever. Its exciting to be a part of it Ever wondered how ecumenical your church is? [I know that word is a no-no…
Read MoreOrigins of Pentecost
Today is Pentecost Sunday, a celebration of the coming of the Holy Spirit, and the birth of the church as we know it. Here is a little history lesson to start the day. "Pentecost is derived from the Greek "pente", meaning fifty. The followers of "Christ", being devout followers of the Hebrew faith, had come…
Read MoreMy family on the internet
My wife, Debbie has a new blog called MumJones. Description: thoughts on motherhood or being a woman with kids or how to escape a motherhood identity crisis or how to not feel like a slave or how to endure the season of motherhood or HOW TO LOVE THE SEASONS OF MOTHERHOOD And if you hadn’t…
Read MoreFree Range Snails
It’s Saturday morning and its cleaning day at our house. Tom Jones is playing in the living room, we scrubbing hard and occasionally looking at comments and blogs – like our dear friends in London Phouc-Tan and Maggie (pictured) who are farming and eating FREE RANGE ORGANIC SNAILS. Maggie was in my youth group in…
Read More120 Bloggers needed
t h i s w e e k e n d . . ” in the blog/geek world, we will be trying to celebrate Pentecost by grid blogging it across the world. A kind of decentralized flash mobbing for the mind, grid blogging is a synchronized guerrilla sharing carried out across a forest of blogs…”…
Read MoreBrian M at the end of the Week
“I am not questioning Scripture, Jesus, or his teaching. I am questioning the conventional understanding of them” Brian McLaren on hell, the Bible, and his new book on Monday’s grueling heresy trial chat called ” The Blog Post of Brian McLaren The highlight of the discussion was, in response to a question from David, when…
Read MoreThe Weird Fringe of Sexual Experience
“Evangelical Christians and born-again Christians get divorced just as often, if not a little more, than the general population. And Barna has discovered that 90 percent of the born-again Christians who are divorced got divorced after they accepted Christ. On sexual promiscuity, we’re probably doing a little better than the general population. Josh McDowell has…
Read MoreLivin It On Tour
U have heard me talk about the good work among Skaters and the Palau Ev. Association. Yesterday I got an email from Kevin Palau, who has a big tour around USA right now called Livin It Tour 2005. I am hoping we pray for these events and participate when they come to our cities. Its…
Read MoreEmergent Conference at Biola
Biola-Talbot Emerging Church Conference. 400 people attended. David T blogged it, as did A-Team’s Murdoch, Melinda and Dan but in my opinion (as one who was not involved) I felt that Laura had the skinny: “. . . I think the real issue in the emerging church is ecclesiology and missiology, not philosophy. Maybe that…
Read MoreEmerging Church a Pathetic Enemy
Jordon Cooper gives wise perspective from somewhere near the North Pole, Canda. “If we really are the enemy, we really are a pathetic enemy. . . ” “Where is this threat that people are talking about? A really nice pastor from Maryland and a bunch of church planters who haven’t figured out how to pay…
Read MoreBingo in Stromness
Our family played BINGO last night in Stromness. Elizabeth won a bottle of wine. Good crowd of people and a late night out on the town for our kids. No wonder the Catholics have sanctified it.
Read MoreLuctor Et Emergo
From Paul at Panda’s Ponderings, Netherlands . . “LUCTOR ET EMERGO is the motto from the Dutch province of Zeeland, meaning ‘I wrestle and emerge’. I think this credo is also very appropriate for the emerging church worldwide. Sometimes it feels like the church is struggling to survive and (almost) drowning in a sea of…
Read MoreLomo VJ’ing at the Pyramids
Whoever said that i am addicted to the fashionably hip and cool was . . . ABSOLUTELY CORRECT! Take a look at this. Lomography VJ’ing at the Pyramids, May 27 and 31. DJ Electronische and avantegarde arabic tunes. How cool is that? And since I have been posting Lomographs on their site since 2001, some…
Read MoreProBlogging
I have decided to make a little money from the internet. Or at least try. A number of reasons for this and i will no doubt share some of them later on. But you will soon see a small strip of Google adds on the side. I have given over 2 years of thought to…
Read MoreMark Palmer
Prayer and money needed for blogger Mark Palmer. You have probably seen this image on other blogs. His insurance wont cover the medical bills. Details with Alan
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