Our dauughter Hannah celebrated her 9th birthday on the 13th. A noisy happy party with lots of girls. Hannah told us today what she wants to do when she grows up: She says she wants “to travel to other countries to tell people about God.” We figured she was headed in that direction. Isnt that…
Read MoreLetting the Dogs Out
I was going to write a thought provoking blog post today. But i ran out of time. Luckily, Scott at Verum Serum wrote just that – “Tickling One’s Own Ears, Part One” As for mine? Maybe tomorrow
Read MoreThe Pantry Challenge
Prize money is involved. Will Samson’s Pantry Challenge starts tomorrow. Only bloggers need apply.
Read MoreRex Miller Gets Blog
Rex Miller joins the blogosphere. You may have read his excellent book “The Millennium Matrix” Technorati Tags: blog
Read MoreWill the Church that is NOT ‘Missional’ Please Stand Up?
My friend Tim Conder has an article on Leadership blog Out of Ur called Missional Buzz. He says . . “Today, it would be almost impossible for “the real missional church” to stand up. Yes, there are plenty of imposters, but there’s no one true example to play the day’s mystery guest. And any panel…
Read MoreIncreasing Participation from 20:80 to 80:20
I was reading Alan Hirsch’s new book this morning. Its called The Forgotten Ways. I have actually had it for a while and my blurb is in the front of the book. Its just that I havent fully blogged a review yet and, as you know, a book is not fully reviewed until it has…
Read MoreBeware the Blogosphere: Here Be Dragons!
The age of blogging innocence appears to be over. We have to be careful with what we say and what we upload. With the legitimacy of the blogosphere comes responsibility. I really hope it stays small-townish and relational . .. . but its also quite possible that 2007 will be the year where lawsuits will…
Read MoreCeltic Sessions: Ireland
In a few weeks i will be in Northern Ireland with Si Johnston (Ireland), Greg Russinger (USA), Jonny Baker (UK) and many others for the 2007 Celtic Soliton Sessions. Should be an EXCELLENT TIME. There is still more room if you want to come. February 1-4, 2007 starting at Belfast and then heading off for…
Read MoreWorship Leader: Transcoding Worship
I have a article in this months edition of Worship Leader called “Transcoding worship”. It deals with what happens when old media becomes new media and how that affects our worship. You will need to subscribe to Worship Leader to get this issue or buy it on the newstands. If you have read it and…
Read MorePastors Tool Box online
New resource out there for pastors. Its called Pastors Toolbox and they must be OK because they refer to my blog. But why am I always boxed up as “emerging church”? Technorati Tags: church, emerging church
Read MoreiPhone at Macworld
“The iPod changed everything in 2001,” he said. “and we’re going to do it again with the iPhone in 2007.” Lord forgive me for COVETING! This DOES look very cool. Details every 60 seconds here. Wifi, internet, organizer. Have to admit . . . its pretty cool. But only 5 hours battery life and 16…
Read MoreMacWorld Expo: Keynote
ITS HAPPENING!!! I havent been to Macworld Expo in San Francisco since 2000. Each year I watch it remotely. Tonight i will track the Keynote through Macworld UK’s site. The Macworld USA site seems slower to keep up. . . sssshhhhhhh . . . i think its beginning. . .. Update: actually .. . i…
Read MoreLiveWorship for Intel-Mac
LiveWorship is now available for intel-based Macs. If you live in the Bay Area, LiveWorship is on display at Macworld Expo in Moscone Center’s North Hall (booth #N4014) HT: Macworld Worship Leaders – what say ye about LiveWorship? Better than MediaShout? Technorati Tags: worship
Read MoreGeorge Barna on House Church
“House Churches are More Satisfying to Attenders Than Conventional Churches”. This is the title of an article released today by George Barna. Not really news for those of us doing this for a while, but its always good to see the larger picture. George has statistics of exactly how SATISFYING these people felt which, to…
Read MoreFrank Viola’s Passion
New book just released by Frank Viola. Its called God’s Ultimate Passion: Unveiling the Purpose Behind Everything and its about THE CHURCH. Frank sidesteps the maze of ecclesiastic labels to get to the heart of what church really is and how God sees it. Using the biblical metaphors of church, and fleshing them out with…
Read MoreWhere in the World is SliceofLaodicea?
UPDATE: Slice is gone and behold . . . Christian Research Network is now cometh. Sharper graphics. More researchers. Rick Warren should take note. ORIGINAL: Iggy is asking the whereabouts of Emergent-Nemesis site SliceofLaodicea.com, which is now pointing to Ingrid’s site VCY America. Among the other inquirers are SliceOLaodicea.com and SlicedLaodicea.com. The best guess is…
Read MoreNintendo Wii: Remote Control for Ableton
DJVicar brings up the possibility of using Nintento’s Wii remote and Ableton Live for a worship setting and links to a post that discusses it. There is also a video demonstration. Very cool. I saw a VJ use Arkaos and Ableton Live at the same time, but he still had to use his MIDI to…
Read MoreWe Baptists Do Not Drink ( . . . in front of each other)
UPDATE: A few weeks after posting this, a controversy erupted over The Journey, a Baptist church that meets in a pub in Missouri. See World of Bruce. ORIGINAL: Is the battle of drinking alcohol among Baptists tippling over? Are they spiking up their reasons to drink? Or, as the Baptist Standard put it in today's…
Read More15 Blogging Tips For 2007
I wish you all a great blogging year for 2007. I pray God will speak words of life and peace and health through you and I pray those who need to hear those words will FIND them. I am receiving a lot of emails over this new year regarding blogging. The 2 most common questions…
Read MoreThe REAL Harray Potter over for a chat
Andrew Appleby, the REAL Harray Potter, is in my home for a beer and a chat. He is talking to my wife about pottery and the possibility of doing some work with him next year. The pottery wheel in our workshop belongs to him. Nice guy! Nice pottery! And he lives in the Harray [pronounced…
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