ETREK

Spencer says that ETREK Experiential Journey kicks off next week. Highly recommended. I have enjoyed doing some teaching by conference call in the past with ETREK but am taking a break this year.

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Rushkoff’s Testament

” . . . the Bible isn’t so important because it happened at some moment in history. The Bible is a big deal because it’s happening now. In every moment.’ Every day, I am Cain, discouraged by the way someone else—some Abel—gets credit and attention for doing the same thing I did.” Douglas Rushkoff, who…

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Africa baby yeah

Got my ticket to South Africa today. I will be in Johannesburg from Feb 18th to 24th with DAWN International. Fantastic!! Next week I will be in London on the 16th and Sheffield for the weekend. I will be teaching on Missio Dei for Resource.

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T- Life leads to T-World

Bob Roberts Jnr, of Northwood Church and GlocalNet fame, just told me that his book is now available as of yesterday. Transformation is a book about how a T-Life (transformed life) can lead to a T-World, not just in our neighborhoods, but in every corner of the globe. Transformation: How Glocal Churches Transform Lives and…

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Stuff beginning with “D”

– Debate on Jan 20th between Doug Pagitt and Bob DeWaay, author of Emergent Delusion article. – Damah Film Festival: Feb 3rd is last day to submit your short film. – Die Gefährten Global Gathering this summer in Germany. Invitations are being sent to emerging church leaders involved in underground ministries around the world. Let…

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16 Features of The Missional Church

Larry on The Missional Church – Heres a missional church summary for those people that don’t read anything without bullet points and numbers next to them. Technorati Tags: mission

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MacBook Pro

Powerbook is gone. Behold . . MacBook Pro has come. And all these years I never owned a powerbook, since my trusty white iBook Gandalf the White was my partner on trips away. Doesn’t look any different. MacBook Pro is “4-5x faster” than the Powerbook (they say) and yet . . its 1.67 GHZ –…

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More on Macworld

Macworld is rolling out as we speak blog. I’m getting the minute by minute scoop on MacWorld Expo from Macrumors and there are some photos and updates on Endgadget. Seems like intel based mac is 2-3x faster than G5. lets see if that works out. Technorati Tags: macworld, mac

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MacWorld Expo

MacWorld San Francisco 2006 cometh in an hour. I havent attended this event physically in San Francisco since 2000 so i have get it feed to me. Should be good this year. iWeb will be introduced and the new computers. There is coverage at MacRumors. Who has the best RSS feed? Technorati Tags: mac

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Richard Dawkins and Healing

I just left a comment on todays reading from the One Year Bible Blog which asks the question about whether God heals today or not. I saw Richard Dawkins last night on TV, the first in a 2-part series called The Root of all Evil. He was debunking religion because no Catholic pilgrims were healed…

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Nominations for Bloggies

I voted today on the blogs that deserve a Bloggie award. Here is my list: Best App for blog – Ecto Best Australian/NZ blog – Problogger and Emergent Kiwi Best UK blog – Jonny Baker and Rob Pepper’s Daily Drawing Diary Best Canadian blog – Jordon Cooper Best Asian blog – Messy Christian Best European…

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Bloggie Awards

Russell just nominated me for a Bloggie award. Thanks, dude! There is NO WAY in the world I will get best blog but I might have a chance at the Lifetime Achievement Award because there will be less bloggers in that category. This award is given to bloggers who have been blogging at least since…

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Ed Stetzer gets it

Ed Stetzer on understanding the emerging church. According to Ed, some are: – Relevants and Ed thinks they rock. – Reconstructionists and Ed will put up with them. – Revisionists and Ed does not have to agree with them Typical Baptist to come up with 3 “R”s. But hey . . . I have read…

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Buying airline tickets

Easyjet.com has announced a 4 day sale on fares. I just bought Prague to London for $5.99 plus tax. And Aberdeen to London for £3.49 plus tax. The secret, for those of you not on the secret mailing list, is to click on this link. Its times like these that I just LOVE living in…

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2 House Church Books

2 Books and 1 Conference call 1. The Global House Church Movement arrived a few days ago. Canadian Rad Zhero has done a good job is writing a well-rounded full-bodied yet compact little book on house church. He covers history, theology, practice, and almost everything you need to know. I feel the title of the…

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I’m Sick

I am sick. Its a flu and its not pretty. I have nursed my family through 4 days of horizon flu suffering and now its my turn. Really sore throat. Tired. Aching body. I expect to be grouchy and groggy for the next few days. But at least it didn’t hit me until my family…

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Thoughts from a Spa

I just love spas. I have my best thoughts in spas and any strategic conversation that happens in spas is generally ten times more valuable that whatever is discussed in a boardroom. And this spa in Texas is one of my favorites. I should say, right at the outset, that this particular spa is no…

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Emerging Church

“Wherever there are a few individuals willing and ready to be Christ’s people in their own situation and place, there the emerging Church is coming into its own. “Do you not perceive it?”” Larson, Osborne, The Emerging Church (1970). From OurDailyBlog. Technorati Tags: church, emerging church

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