Is this the face of the USA Emerging Church? Karen Ward is enjoying a week in UK as the Emerging Church “Diva”, representing as much as she can of the emerging church around USA. At home in Seattle, she is part of an urban monastic style church and has been blogging since 2001. Karen is…
Read MoreAfternoon walk
Saw puffins today during an afternoon walk with some friends. Chis dives in a blowhole during our walk. 16-07-06_1654.jpg Originally uploaded by tallskinnykiwi.
Read MoreEsther: 7 Parties and the Old Guy with a Mullet
This week is Stromness Shopping Week – probably the biggest week of the year for our little town. Tourists everywhere and a heavy schedule of events. Last year, on the last and great day of the Shopping Week, I preached on Jesus at the Feast of Tabernacles (John 7). This year, having been asked again…
Read MorePilgrimage to St Boniface Kirk. Part One.
We have just visited a fantastic place that most people never see – one of the oldest pilgrimage sites in Scotland and a place with huge historical significance. St Boniface Kirk is a small unassuming chapel on the island of Papa Westray. It was built on ancient settlement that has been lived in continuously since…
Read MorePilgrimage site: St Tredwells
UPDATE: Camping on the island of Papa Westray – next to St Tredwells – a nunnery and pilgrimage site dating back to the 8th Century. Tredwell (Triduana) was a nun living in the monastery there (you can see the small round island sticking into the loch). A King told her she had beautiful eyes, or…
Read MoreThe Monastic Island Papa Westray
Off with the family to the islands of Westray and Papa Westray. We have our tents and are bringing our bikes on the ferries. Back in a few days. Papa Westray has a population of 72 and some great history. Tell you when we get back.
Read MoreReinventing Jesus: About the Book
A book came in the mail for me to review. Reinventing Jesus: What the Da Vinci Code and Other Novel Speculations Don’t Tell You, by J. Ed Komoszewski, M. James Sawyer, Daniel B. Wallace I suppose reviewing books on the blogosphere is still in fashion . . even though we should probably be reviewing .PDF…
Read MoreHave WiFi, Will Travel
Well I dont have one, yet. But since many conference centers don’t have a Wifi connection, like the one i have just come from last week, I could always bring my own along. The Kyocera KR1 Mobile Router might be just the ticket. Laughing Squid has roadtested it and BoingBoing approves but it looks like…
Read MoreSleeping In London’s Airports
Last night was my first time sleeping at London’s Gatwick airport and I found it quite comfortable. My trains were late and i didn’t arrive at Gatwick unitl 3:40am so I only got an hours sleep. But it was my best experience yet spending a cheap and convenient night at another of London’s airports. Packing…
Read MoreYemi Challenges the Western Church (Phone blog)
Yemi Adedji challenged our group [and the Western church] today about power. The western church has form, but not power. Missionaries from the West did a disservice to the Africans when they refused to teach them how to deal with the supernatural elements of their world [maybe they didn’t know] and the vacuum created by…
Read MoreA Mosque Visit Today
Went to the Mosque today with our group. Our guide was Ahmed Bahm, spokesman for the Gloucester Muslim Association, who has written a number of articles, including a piece in tomorrows newspaper – the one year anniversary of the bombing in London, July 7th, 2005. Ahmed was very courteous and spent a good hour explaining…
Read MoreAfrica Bible Commentary Launches Today
Email from Steve Knight (Knightopia) “Hey Andrew, Well, I’ve officially left BGEA (http://www.billygraham.org/), and I’m now on staff with SIM (Serving In Mission) as their new International Communications Coordinator. I figured, what better way to be missional than to work for a missions organization, right? 😉 Anyway, I’m writing to let you know about an…
Read MoreTheology and the Emerging Church
Andrew Perriman has an excellent post on the leading characteristics of an emerging theology. Technorati Tags: emerging church, theology
Read MoreDoug Pagitt’s 40th
Doug Pagitt turns 40 today. I was invited to celebrate at his birthday retreat – a small, manly huddle of unshaved men in a cabin in Northern Minnesota . . . who are no doubt rubbing mud on their hairy chests and playing mindless games of sumo wrestling without the padded suits.. . . .…
Read MoreAt Redcliffe College and BANNED from my own blog!
I am currently at Redcliffe College in Gloucester – about 2 hours from London. I managed to get the code for the internet but am BANNED from my own blog. I can access other blogs but not mine . . . so if i am not responding to your comments on my site, then you…
Read MoreAmazing Grace and the Blogosphere
Walden Media (who gave us The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe) are releasing a movie next March that might set the bloggers keyboards a-tappin’. Amazing Grace is a movie based on the life of William Wilberforce, set to release on the 200th anniversary of the abolition of slave trade in UK. I was talking…
Read MoreHow To Fold A Shirt
How to fold a shirt. It took me a few tries but i eventually folded my t-shirt properly for the first time in my life.
Read MoreMuse Rock!
The band Muse is everywhere in London right now. TV, newspaper, internet, commericals. Its midnight and I am in London, watching a Muse interview on Channel 4. Muse TOTALLY Rocks! Their last album “Absolution” was incredible [see my blog post] and their new album Black Holes and Revelations maintains that high standard. The album is…
Read MoreRenewing Your Passion for The Bible
Mike at OneYearBibleBlog.com reminds us that the second half of the year has just begun and today is THE day to renew the passion for reading through your Bible in 2006. Well, yesterday was . . . actually. But thats OK. So if you started well but have recently let it go, why not get…
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