Well, its all a-go-go for our furlough in October. I really want you to track with me over the next 4 weeks – there are some people that YOU HAVE TO MEET and things to see that will blow your mind. We leave in a few days and will be driving about 5000 miles around…
Read MoreMac Mags in the Bath
“give me a cup of tea early in the morning and let me read mac mags in the bath and show me an action movie with pizza on friday night with my family crashed on the floor and send me to farway places where i can camp in a canvas tent next to my wife…
Read MoreDoxology October 7-8
I am really excited about this and will be in Houston at the right time for the Doxology conversation. Actually, we planned our trip that way. Here is the official invitation from Shannon Hopkins: Doxology Drawing On Dialogue. Re~Claiming Christ Please join us on the Opening Night – 7 October 2005, 6.00 – 10pm And…
Read MoreSpying on ‘Summons To Lead’
“I wonder what role Mission America may have in the emerging movement?” (Overheard on the web) “1. Do we need a new group? Yes, but we don’t want to be a “denomination” Better: a movement
Read MoreDouble Takes
– Emergent Quaker – Biblical Curse Generator (HT: Jonny) – Mr Potato Head and the Emerging Church
Read MorePyromaniac On Image Editing
“I’ve been using Paint Shop Pro for Web graphics for 10 years, so I’ve gotten pretty competent with it, in an amateurish sort of way. It has a lot of features that make this sort of thing easy. It takes anywhere from 10 minutes to an hour to go from a raw .jpg of a…
Read MoreChina Issues New Web Guidelines
Hey – if anyone finds the new regulation online, please let me know. “The Chinese government announced on Sunday a new set of regulations intended to tighten control over news reported on the Internet, but it was not immediately clear what, if any, effect the new regulations will have.” HT: MacCentral
Read MoreBlast From The Past: ‘And’
1970: “The word “and” will be a often-used conjunction in the emerging church” The Emerging Church, by Bruce Larson and Ralph Osborne, 1970. 2005: Dwight Friesen has a blog named “And.” Wisdom: “It is good to grasp the one and not let go of the other. The man who fears God will avoid all extremes”…
Read MoreMy Daughters Done Got Baptised
UPDATE: Wow. It went really well. Sunshine and a good day. The girls all did something different at church. Elizabeth read some poems, Hannah led everyone in singing “Step by Step” by Rich Mullins. And Abigail answered questions very briefly. All did really well. After eating some food, we all went down to the water.…
Read MoreEmerging Church MP3s
Talking Points: Grand Rapids Theological Seminary hosted a day of talks about the Emerging Church and made them freely available. Its a good conversation. I liked Number 5 the best because they deal with some of the criticisms. Remember that this is not dealing with the house church movement nor cyberchurch or the wider emerging…
Read More50 Most Cited Works 76-83
Its a very anglo-western list, but here are the top 50 most cited works from 1976 – 1983 HT: BoingBing. 1. T.S. Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. 1962 2. J. Joyce, Ulysses. 1922 3. N. Frye, Anatomy of Criticism: Four Essays. 1957 4. L. Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations 5. N. Chomsky, Aspects of the Theory…
Read MoreThe Skinny on Rita
Gotta love those Texans. Here’s the Skinny on Hurricane Rita that hits the Gulf Coast today. ASSISTANCE: – Food -Texas Baptist Men are ready to cook – Buildings. Baptist churches have opened up. – Strategic Teams are looking for people. – Houston Chronicle will show you where to volunteer. – Ecclesia Houston are on the…
Read MoreHouston? Comfortable?
This came in the email from Expedia about our flight into Houston.
Read MoreA Prophet on Galveston and Houston
A grey-bearded prophet named Chuck Pierce spoke some prophecies this year, as part of a prayer tour through the port cities of USA. HOUSTON: “The Lord then said that Houston would shift in July. “Prepare yourself, for you will influence the nation in a time of crisis.” GALVESTON: “The Lord also said, “And you will…
Read MoreTraditional, Contemporary, Emerging
Kyle Potter found this on a website from a church. What i want to know is this: – What is in that third cup under Emerging? I bet it is Chai. Fair-trade chai made from cruelty-free tea leaves and NOT purchased from Starbucks. Can I get a witness??? – How can they expect emerging people…
Read MoreBlogging Rita?
Stuck in Houston for the weekend? Praying for your ADSL connection to withstand the storm so that you can blog? . . You’re an idiot. . . .but you are not alone. . . and i would probably be doing it with you. Houston Chronicle says Stormwatchers could use your help. HT: Hugh Technorati Tags:…
Read MoreBecoming Conversant With Fundamentalism
I have been asking for some fundamentalists to explain and define their version of fundamentalism because: 1. its much better to let people define themselves with their own words than do it for them which often leads to inaccuracies and personal attacks. 2. There is a lot of good stuff in fundamentalism that is covered…
Read MoreA to Z of Alt. Worship
K = kleptomania “Alternative worship “steals” all the time. Borrowing concepts and ideas, songs and visual ideas from the world outside, but then baptising and subverting those ideas.” Abbess Sue Wallace has listed an A – Z of Alternative Worship. HT: Karen at Submergence And if you like them, check out Steve Taylor’s A –…
Read MoreWhy All the Lights?
“Worship why is it always music? why the same songs? why only pretty people on stage? why all the lights?” Greg Powell explains the emerging church to Assembly of God pastors. Link Technorati Tags: Emergent, emerging church
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