Yeah baby . . . uh huh! We got our visas for UK. Yeeeeeeaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!! We are all very excited. It happened in one day although Debbie has been chasing down documents for about 3 months to make this work. Thanks everyone for praying for us. Because my granddad was born in Wales, we succeeded in…
Read MoreThe Crepevine at 3:30pm
We will be at the Crepevine Coffeeshop at 3:30pm today. 624 Irving Street, San Francisco. Come and hang out with us. The Crepevine is one of those places that has been adopted by our tribe over the years. Thom Wolf brought me there in 1995. I led a Bible study there in 1997 with about…
Read MoreWiFi at Westwood
I am finally on the internet this morning. No more stealing WiFi from the neighbors behind the tinted glass of my rental van which always looks suspicious and I feel like a criminal when i have to resort to scanning the streets for a signal. Thanks to The Coffee Bean at Westwood, where i am…
Read MoreSchedule Update
Things have changed a little. Those of you on our email list should get more details. But here is the latest update on our schedule: October 18 – Los Angeles 19-20 – San Francisco. Derek and Amy Chapman are arranging the party . . or whatever we do in that city. 21 – Redwoods, North…
Read MoreHappy at Emergent Gathering
Thanks Glen Barbier for the photo. This is Mark Scandrette on the left. Michael Toy is on the right – we may be staying with him tonight in Palo Alto. This is me (center) feeling happy at the Emergent Gathering last week at Glorieta, New Mexico . . . and I will tell you why…
Read MoreCamping with Friends
There was a caravan of 7 cars when we left the Doxology exhibition to get to our KOA campsite. We set up our tents and made it our base. The following day we had a BBQ with about 40 people. Campsites are great places to throw parties – $15 a night for your tent and…
Read MoreDJ at bloggers convention
I couldn’t make it to Biola for the Godblogcon bloggers convention (BUMMER!) but DJ Chaung led a session on emerging church blogs (are there any other worth talking about???). LINK Related: JollyBlogger reports
Read MoreDan Hughes on Pakistan
Message from Dan Hughes, My brother Trevor is in the earthquake disaster zone in Pakistan helping in the relief effort and blogging what he sees. His organization, Secured Path (http://securedpath.com), is also moving money directly to effected families without any amount being sliced off the top for the typical middleman “expenses”. I want to ask…
Read MoreCalifornia
Wooooo . . sorry for that long delay. We are in Moreno Valley, California for a few days. My wifes parents live here and our kids get to hang wiht their grandparents for a few days. Today we helped and organized their garage sale. Got rid of some big stuff and that will help their…
Read MoreNew Mexico
We arrived last night at Glorieta, New Mexcio. A good drive after a really busy time in Houston with meetings, campsite meals, the art exhibition, etc. We are here at Emergent Gathering with 170 people and are settling in for a few days. No WIFI here and I am DYING to download some photos of…
Read MoreDublin Stopover
Great time in Dublin. Hung out with great people and had an unreal experience in a Dublin pub. I will come back here when i can with audio and images and links.
Read MoreWe are off . . .
OK – leaving the house and dropping off the key. We head off to the ferry this evening and our month of adventure and travel and sleepless nights begins. It should be a great month – hope you can drop in and journey with us as much as you can. Appreciate prayers . . .
Read MoreThe Germans have landed!
The Germans have landed in USA and have made a beachhead in Houston! Check out AUF NACH TEXAS on Marc’s blog. Leaders from KUBIK in Karlsruhe are assisting with the Doxology exhibition. I was with these guys in Germany last April when they let me preach at their church. Really nice people!!!! I am hoping…
Read MoreEMRG Survey – Euro Church
8 questions. 3 minutes of your time. This survey is for Europeans who are active in Christian ministry. The results will help the research efforts of my mission-geek friends and colleagues at EMRG (European Missions Research Group) and help people like me to speak more accurately and act more strategically. Budapest Scot is behind this.…
Read MoreDay One. Moving Out and Cleaning.
I got up early this morning – 2 am – so much to do before we leave tonight on the ferry for Aberdeen. Need to finalize the email list for this one month trip we are calling “Butterflies and Hurricanes”. I just found a campground near Houston called Lone Star Yogi Campground which looks like…
Read MoreTolkien Re-imagined
Many more at Worth1000.com HT: BoingBoing
Read MoreHanging Loose and Emerging in 1970
“There seems to be no way for peple to get free from the notion that Christianity is activity in an organization that owns a building someplace. There is no thought of finding one’s own ministry under the personal leadership of the Holy Spirit. Christians can never get that free from ‘the Church’.” Bob Girard 1970…
Read MoreEmerging in Ireland
UPDATE: Jonny reports. ORIGINAL: We will be in Dublin on Tuesday. Phil and Cheryl (Greater Europe Mission) pick us up at the airport. Jonny Baker just did a day of training in Dublin, sponsored by 3Rock Youth. Brad was there.
Read MoreComputers
– $100 laptop that does not require electricity. Millions of these could be made for villages around the world. They remind me of the wind-up record players that Gospel Recordings have used in remote areas. More on the idea here. (HT: Nowhereinthisoworld) Also: Best way to turn your Mac Mini into a PVR- Personal Video…
Read MoreChristianity Today on Emergents
“The Emergents seem to me to have it right: No single program or rulebook can possibly speak to the hearts of this diversely gifted, diversely perceptive, and diversely wounded young generation who yearn for spiritual fulfillment yet deeply distrust “organized religion.” We need to reassess—to find new models of creative ministries. Grace and peace to…
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