I popped onto the website of one of my old churches (North Beach Baptist) where I used to pastor and clicked on the “beliefs” button. And there in front of me is the statement of belief that i wrote for their welcoming literature back in 1992. Word for word. 15 years later. Thats weird. Its…
Read MoreBono, Porpoise Diving Life and Tartan Theology
Some chatter on the internet and suggestions from emails: – PBS: U2’s Bono got candid about his spiritual life at a recent prayer breakfast. [HT: Brad Culver] – The Porpoise Diving Life is now online [thanks Brian] – Alan Hirsch’s recent talk in California was summarized on Sam Metcalf’s blog. – End of a Spear…
Read MoreWorld Reformed Communion
WARC + REC = WFC 80 million Protestants will be represented by this new convergence of World Alliance of Reformed Churches (WARC) and Reformed Ecumenical Council (REC). The new group will be called World Reformed Communion. They are hoping for a renewed emphasis on mission. Anyone out there on the inside of this? HT: ChristianToday…
Read MoreBlogging and Tagging
Time again to take your fingers off your keyboard and read the State of the Blogosphere, released this morning. Highlights: – Blogosphere is over 60 times larger than it was 3 years ago. – a new blog is created every second. – 1.2 million blog posts a day, 400,000 of those are TAGGED. – “Sping”…
Read MoreYounger Leaders Gathering
500 young people (25-35) from 100 countries will be traveling to Malaysia this September for the Younger Leaders Gathering, sponsored by Lausanne. You get to recommend who should be there and you have until March 31st to do so. I will be putting some names of YOUNG people forward. Here is the Recommendation Form Alas,…
Read MoreJohn Piper in a Postmodern World
I have never met John Piper but some of his parishioners joined a church i was pastoring in USA and they spoke well of him. Piper has just written on William Tyndale who gave up his homeland (and his life) so that the English speaking world might read the Bible in their heart language (a…
Read MoreThe Doxology Event
I must be the last one to blog on this – shame on me! Here are some images I took of the Doxology installation last October in Houston. This was one of the events I was involved in last year that DID NOT SUCK! Click on the images to enlarge them. Rob Pepper, a friend…
Read MoreEmergent Plug-in for Mega Church Game
Its about time. I can’t tell you how frustrated our family has been in playing this pathetic game called Mega Church, having to create large Orthodox cathedrals and Pentecostal mega-church stage shows and overgrown, resource-hungry EvangeMega WillowBackySaddle OsteenyServices for annoying yuppies who complain about the temperature of the Starbucks before the service. My kids are…
Read MoreSam’s birthday
Samuel turned 15 on Saturday. He’s doing well. Getting taller by the minute. Thats a screenshot of Sam on the left enjoying his birthday inside the online Runescape world. You know you have a geek for a son when you have to take screenshots to get a good image of him. Happy birthday, dude!!
Read MoreWhat I Mean When I Say “Emerging-Missional” Church
I was asked again today so here is me, again, waffling on about the "emerging-missional church" for those of you who are trying to either understand or tell the story correctly. If you hear other versions, know this . . . they are wrong and i am right. And if i am not right, please…
Read MoreDriscoll and McLaren and the Six Degrees of Separation from Matthew Fox
The blogosphere is a weird place. And the conversation of the week concerned Uncle Brian McLaren’s posts on dealing with the issue of homosexuality in the church and Brother Mark’s rude and clumsy entrance to the blogosphere. Here’s a couple of weird and interesting juxtopositions that have occurred over the past few days: 1. The…
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