Another blog network begins. b5media launches with Darren (Living Room) and a new team of blog authors. Wish you guys all the best.
Read MoreUpdate for Video Jockeys
Upgrade: Arkaos VJ 3.5 This new upgrade will allow you (and me) to record performance through firewire in DV format. No more messing with little Quick Time movies on the event recorder. MacMinute says “ArKaos VJ 3.5.1 HW, offering support for Core Image, the real-time video technology from Apple” which has not appeared on the…
Read MoreButterflies and Hurricanes
Our road trip next month across USA needs a theme song. I had already been thinking about “Butterflies and Hurricanes” by the English band “Muse” because we will start in Houston – with people affected by the recent Hurricane Katrina, and because there is a butterfly-like quality to our tour – fluttering lightly across USA,…
Read MoreHope for My Commodore 64
I bought a Commodore 64 for a few pounds this summer, in hopes of resurrecting it. Quantum-link seems to have info on connecting to the internet through PC but I am not sure how to do this with Mac. Still . . . there is hope. HT: BoingBoing
Read MoreBlogs4God is back
Email: Andrew, FYI : blogs4God is back online after a rather bad bout with spammers and other not-so-fun stuff. Dean Peters Since 2002, Blogs4God has been aggregating Christian bloggers. Good to see them back (read the Press Release). I just went over there and registered. I don’t normally register on these things, but after a…
Read More5 Issues For A New Reformation
Marc Van der Woude, the tall skinny Dutchman from Connect Europe, has written out some thoughts on what a new reformation could look like . This came out of a series of meetings last month in Prague with about 50 key leaders from all over Europe. Link Download .doc “We believe that today’s church, especially…
Read MoreE.B. Brooks: “Keep It About Jesus”
Dr. E.B. Brooks. He’s the man who covers my back and reads my reports. He will not be in his office next month. After a long and incredible term with the Baptist General Convention of Texas, E.B. is retiring and preparing for the next chapter of ministry – one that I am hoping will also…
Read MoreRevolution. Renaissance. Reformation.
3 books in the bathtub with me this morning. All of them trying to name our present changing culture. A culture radically transformed by new media, communications, the internet, and the people who are transforming it. Douglas Rushkoff calls it Renaissance. (OSD) Hugh Hewitt calls it Reformation. (Blog) George Barna calls it Revolution. (Revolution) How…
Read MoreBlogging Evangelicalism
“I’ll safely predict anyone who doesn’t take the time to understand blogging as an evangelical phenomenon will soon wish they had . . .” ” . . . . blogging is among the most equalized of all current mediums of communication available to evangelicals, and as such, it deserves some efforts at comprehension by those…
Read MoreMore on the USA Trip
Here is some more info about our plans and the family road trip. We arrive in Texas Oct 5th and will be involved in Doxology in Houston. We may do some meetings in Dallas and Austin, and then, probably around Oct 11th, head off to New Mexico, Los Angeles, and then up to San Francisco…
Read MoreMichael The Harcus
Michael Harcus, the musician from Westray just left our house. He is here for the festival but he also led the worship at Stromness Baptist Church this morning. We chatted about music and he showed my his main web site and the CrossRythms promo. I managed to talk him into getting a blog going (being…
Read MoreOrkney Blues Festival
Our little town of Stromness is buzzing today with blues musicians from all over UK. Our kids were getting free lessons today. The Orkney Blues Festival runs all weekend and there are bands playing in all the clubs and pubs.
Read MoreRyans Em. Church Innovations
Ryan Bolger lists some “innovations” of the emerging churches, or what they add to the traditional model. I think he looking here at the emergent/pomo models rather than cyberchurch or house church and they read a little simplistic, but they could be helpful for some. . A return to Jesus/sermon on the mount as central…
Read MoreNexChurch Conference
“75 churches will close their doors this Sunday 112 million Christians claim themselves as churchless.” (Len Sweet, NexChurch) Fred Peatross is blogging Len Sweet’s talks at the conference this weekend.
Read MoreRichard’s 10 Steps To Refining Church
Richard Passmore has brought a number of his posts together under “A Manifesto Calling for a New Way of Being and Defining Church.” “1. The first reformation gave the bible back to the people and we need to give church back to the people (not just christian people). 2. This will take a redefinition of…
Read MoreHat Tip to ASCP
Ahhh . . . Hungary. Wish I was there. The Alliance for Saturation Church Planting is having its farewell conference right now in Budapest. I usually turn up each September for this conference but cannot make it this year for their last event. Last year I spoke on “Emerging Culture Issues”. In 2002 I gave…
Read MoreKatrina Update
– Relief Connections is a new web-based relief effort that will try to coordinate efforts for Katrina victims. Its about making connections between needs and resources. HT: Hugh – The Mayor of New Orleans says a third of the city’s residents can return to certain areas of the city from next week. Link – Baptist…
Read MoreThe PryoMarketing Conspiracy
The suspiciously-suppressed book “Pyro Marketing” seems to have been released from captivity and is available on Borders, according to Tim Bednar on his blog post about the cover-up everyone has read on Tim Challies post ‘Purposeful Interference‘ Well . . not everyone. For those that have not read it, Challies describes the influence of pryromarketing…
Read MoreYour Blog on Google Blog Search
Google’s new blog search engine is good step forward, but you may need to make sure your blog is listed. “Google doesn’t provide any direct way to submit your own RSS feeds to it in order to be indexed. To make sure your blog RSS feed gets all of Google’s attention you need to use…
Read MoreEmerging Church Stuff
Jordon says to check out Thunderstruck.org [MISTAKE -SORRY} Maggi Dawn is putting together a TV show and needs help. Emergent Gathering New Mexico RECENT PODCASTS: – Core values of the Red Network Link Podcast – Australian Vineyard Director on emerging church- Link. Podcast – Brian McLaren “What is the Emerging Church?” Part 1 Link Podcast…
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