It may not be news to you but its a good article and its great to see the North American Church acknowledging blogging and the emerging church. “NCC’s 2006 Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches cites two 21st century trends: blogging and the Emergent Church New York, March 30, 2006 — First it was the…
Read MoreReligion and Blogging
Got a phone call yesterday from BBC who are thinking about a piece on international religious bloggers from many faiths. They are most interested in Muslim bloggers, especially those high-profile Bahgdad related bloggers, and Christian bloggers. I wasnt able to give them many names of key bloggers outside the Christian faith. One or two came…
Read MoreBlogs4God: The Temple of Taggery
In true Web 2.0 fashion, Blogs4God plans to shift from taxonomy to folksonomy, from blog-focused to meme-focused to become an Aggregator of Taggery. And if you understood that last sentence then pat yourself on the back for learning another language AND making the blogosphere a better place by TAGGING your posts. Technorati Tags: blog, bloggers,…
Read MoreCriswellTR on Emerging Church
Emerging Church is the theme of the latest Criswell Theological Review. No online copy now but probably worth buying an issue (or a one year subscription for $10 more) One of the essays is “An Ecclesiological Assessment of the Emergent Church”, by John Hammet which is a heavily revised version of the original. In fact,…
Read MoreWhat is the Gospel?
Tim Challies is hosting a conversation based on the question posed by the Together for the Gospel Blog – “What is the gospel? What is the most serious threat to the gospel in the evangelical church today?” There are a few good thoughts but I am surprised to hear nothing about power, or the gospel…
Read MoreComplusive Bloggers
Jolly Blogger just posted his 1000th post and Adrian Warneck his 2000th. Tim Challies has completed 879 consecutive days of blogging (time for a blog-fast?). As for me and my blog, I have 1450 posts on this Typepad blog and 1077 posts on the previous blogger version (2001 – 2003). Jordon Cooper probably has more…
Read MoreWhat Are We Still Getting Wrong?
Jordon has a conversation with Stephen Shields [of FaithMaps] I include it here for vanity reasons – my blog makes his Top 5 reading list. And also because its the freshest piece of wisdom I have read for a while. Jordon Cooper: A couple of decades from now, when we look back at this time…
Read MoreTamara’s Birthday Today
Some presents before school. Our youngest turns 4 years old today.
Read MoreMark Palmer is Gone
Mark Palmer died yesterday in Ohio. Many of us got to know him through his blog where he allowed us into his life and his battle with cancer. He is on my “Vintage Theoblogians” hall of fame. I think i will leave him on it. Mark was an early blogger to the international Christian blogosphere.…
Read MoreBeing Transparent
Break time from my study and writing. Looking for quick and mindless diversions. Transparency International is the most searched for word on Technorati.com right now. A German blogger named Moni has started something off with some posts about a friend – a working mother who apparently got a raw deal from her organization, which just…
Read MoreWriting for a Commentary
Don’t disturb me. I am writing an essay for a commentary on Acts. My slice is 10:1 – 13:52 which i see as the hinge of Luke’s account – its where the deep transitions of the Christian church take place – Jew to Gentile, Peter to Paul, Jerusalem to Antioch-Pisidia. One of the themes for…
Read MoreOverheard
“Do we ask enough of them?” “Hamo asks some hard questions about youth ministry. “Meme Tracking” “Tim Bednar suggests a way forward for Blogs4God “My actions and essence don’t stem from being a girl: they come from being me.” AJ Schwanz starts an important conversation about being a girl. “Go – Stay – Be” A…
Read MoreThe New Number 1 Emerging Church Blog
It finally happened but not as I predicted. I said that Jordon Cooper would take my place, since he was dragging just behind me – and in fact is only one link from overtaking me [please . . someone out there give a permanent link to JordonCooper.com and put me out of my misery]. But…
Read MoreAbdul Rahman Case Dropped
Abdul Rahman is saved from the chopping block. Much protesting on the streets of Afganistan today. His arrest came one month after a Bible was discovered in his possession. Authorities say he his “hearing voices”. Yahoo has the skinny. Interesting how, among the all of the Christ followers killed each year, that one of them…
Read MoreMonks Refilling Printer Cartridges
The Laser Monks are a 75-year-old Abbey of the Cistercian Order in Wisconsin who refill printer cartridges to cover their expenses, instead of making cheese or beer. HT: BoingBoing. I am always interested to see what products the monasteries, both old and nu, are coming up with to support their ministries. RELATED: Monasticism in the…
Read MoreNew Blogging Tool For Christians (updated)
UPDATE: 29/3/06 This post has been changed. The original post said that Xianz was a tool for Christians only – but someone commented below that non-Christians are also allowed membership. I checked into it futher and the terms and conditions say “The goal of Xianz.com is to provide an interesting, stimulating, and fun place for…
Read MoreVisitors From Other Counties
I just installed a Neoworx counter that tracks which countries my visitors are coming from. Interesting that of the 47 countries that turned up [ . . THANKS . . . ] Sri Lanka had the second largest number of visitors, next to USA. Technorati Tags: blog
Read MoreEmerging Church Interview in Swiss Mag
Here is a PDF file of an emerging church interview in a Swiss mag. Thanks Lukas for sending this. Nice of them to include my family in the article. We have tried very hard to minister as a family and its good to see that valued by others. RELATED: – I will be back in…
Read MoreTags for Blogger
Glorious has a technorati tag solution for Blogger. Now if only someone would find a solution for a decent comment management system for blogger users . . . Its Sunday – the day I do not blog – but my wife has gone to see a movie with a friend as a mothers day treat,…
Read MoreThe Missional Church: Reformed Heritage?
My thought for the day. According to some research I am currently involved in [buying old books on ebay], the “missional” emphasis of the emerging church may have its foundations in Reformed theology. This will be interesting news to some, especially to those who feel [wrongly] that Reformed thinking is diametrically opposed to missional thinking.…
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