Pete Rollins and the Ikon team will be showing a dissolving art intallation. Its called “One Colour Red” and it starts March 28 in Belfast. (HT: Jonny Baker who will be in Belfast next week to witness it) Technorati Tags: art, emerging church
Read MoreDan Wallace on Truth and Text
“What I tell my students every year is that it is imperative that they pursue truth rather than protect their presuppositions.” My “cuzz” Dan Wallace at Dallas Theo. Seminary has some really interesting things to say about textual criticism in a recent interview. (HT: Blind Beggar)
Read MoreHappy Birthday Miriam
I get to play VJ tonight at a dance. I am still using Arkaos after all these years to mix and perform the video loops. The occasion???? Miriam is our Land-Rover-driving neighbour who moved a few houses down from us. She is also the vocalist for the band Ragstone 27 (see my video of their…
Read MoreEmergent Elijah or Emergent Gideon?
A recent blog post has got me thinking. Its called “The Emergent Elijah” by Dave Green of Preterist Cosmos. It came to my attention because it was highlighted recently by one of my favourite artists who has provided a soundtrack to my life for nearly two decades. I found it on a post by artist…
Read MoreOut the Window
Here is looking out our bedroom window from our new house up above the post office. You can see the ferry and the Pier Arts Centre getting rebuilt (left) which was originally built by my great-great-great grandfather, Edward Clouston.
Read MoreCoal-faced
I installed an old wood stove to get some old fashioned heat in our house – not to mention some FREE HOT WATER for my large and luxurious baths where i do most of my theological reading, but alas, there was yukky smoke billowing out of the chimney. So yesterday I did the chimney sweep…
Read MoreWindows on Mac
It happened yesterday. Hackers got Windows working on an intel based Mac. The rest will be history. If you are lucky enough to have an intel Mac, you can download something here.
Read MoreStill waiting
Still waiting for internet at our new place. All is well in our house. Blogging is on hold until our connection from on high takes place.
Read MoreOur New Home Above the Post Office
Sorry for blinking off the face of the planet!! I got back from England to a new home. We moved on the day i left so it was nice to actually SLEEP a night in our new house. We were renting, as you know, a small flat above a resturant. But now, having been upgraded…
Read MoreMy Dad’s Ashes
Its a little over a year since my dad passed away in Queensland, Australia. You may remember my poem from that day. Today (already Sunday in New Zealand) my Aunty Olwen is taking his ashes to Orewa Surf Lifesaving Club where his friends will have a morning ceremony and a time of remembrance for John…
Read MoreSheffield
Conference is over in Sheffield. It went really well and was organized well. Great time of networking with the usual suspects and some new faces. Some of the emerging church folk felt it could have been more participatory and perhaps ending with a statement or document. But it was very worthwhile being here. Jonny Baker…
Read MoreMission 21 conference
I am heading up to Sheffield today for the Mission 21 conference. There should be a good gathering of 500- 700 mission leaders and strategists. We will be licking our wounds after the hyper-numerical goal setting of the 90’s which left UK churches feeling like lamers, and discussing the future of church planting partnerships, transformation…
Read MoreOff To Cambridge
I am going over to Cambridge tonight for dinner with Maggie and Phouc-Tan who are expecting the first installment to their family (due May 1st).Maggie was in my youth group YEARS AND YEARS ago in Australia and is one of the infamous Blick sisters. Jules, another of the infamous Blick sisters, and by far the…
Read MoreEmerging Church Update
– Wee Pict of Tartan Theology has some podcasts from DreamDay in Edinburgh. – ContraCorriente Gathering April 29 – May 1 in Spain– Jesus has left the building – book coming soon.– Is the Gibbs/Bolger "Emerging Churches" book biased towards house churches? Ed blogs a response to Andy’s critique.– Brett Stanford recommends the Brian McLaren…
Read MorePilgrimage to Spurgeon’s Met. Tabernacle
The pilgrimage to Metropolitan Tabernacle in London has been over 20 years in the making. I have always been a HUGE fan of Charles Spurgeon. In my bible college days, my nickname was "Spurgeon" because I would quote his works (sermons, lectures, treasury of david) He looks a lot like me [dont you think] although…
Read MoreLosing My Religion in London. Four.
The Tate Modern is my favourite gallery in the world. Obviously a must-see on this, my holiday from religion and talking about church. The building is a converted power station on the bank of the Thames. Its one of my regular pilgrimage sites for art and new experiences. The humungous installation this time was Rachel…
Read MoreLosing My Religion in London. Three.
Anyone visiting London on a sunny Saturday morning who IS NOT ENJOYING THE FOOD AND SMELLS AT BOROUGH MARKET does not deserve to be in London at all. I was meeting up with Shannon and her friends for lunch. I told Shannon not to talk to me about religion or missions or church. I was…
Read MoreLosing My Religion in London. Two.
My Saturday was going well. I was deliberately avoiding religious thoughts and ideas. Trying to have a good time in London. The previous week I had finished a series of religious events and another missions conference (Mission 21) is coming up in a few days. I guess you could say that i am waiting for…
Read MoreLosing My Religion in London. One.
Last Saturday I spent a day in London doing NOTHING religious. I have been invovled in religious conferences for a number of weeks and there are more conferences coming up. I decided to steer away from anything religious and take a break. I took a day off in London to lose my religion. London is…
Read MoreThe Order to Release
I spent some time at the Tate Britain Gallery in London yesterday. There was one painting that really struck a chord with me. "The Order to Release" (1746) by John Millais. The scene is a Jacobite soldier being released by his wife who is resolutely staring away, making sure she gets her husband back. They…
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