I had a dream last night about John MacArthur. He had set up an event inside a small trailer and I was there – and we had a good chat. He was congenial and we shared some laughs. We also shared our different viewpoints and he pushed hard on his own thoughts. But it was…
Read MoreJean Baudrillard passes
Jean Baudrillard died yesterday. I often stumbled on his thoughts (hyperreality, gift, etc) but never spent much time with his books. Wikipedia gives a good guide to his contributions in postmodern theory and post-structural semiotics. HT: Dan Hughes Technorati Tags: jean baudrillard
Read MoreTony Jones and Scot McKnight
Listening to an MP3 of Tony Jones telling stories of the early days of Young Leaders (I remember some of those) and answering questions from Scot McKnight about Emergent, emerging church, etc. Greensboro Abbey MP3 Technorati Tags: emergent, emerging church
Read MoreCleaker 2.0 for WordPress
I have said this before. Maybe you cant stomach the emerging church but you will still end up using their software. I use it when i can because i like to keep things in the family. Cleave (Adam Cleaveland) has a wicked cool wordpress 2.0 template that i just downloaded for one of my blogs.…
Read MoreAkiane – child artist.
Akiane is an incredible child prodigy. Yesterday the youth showed some images of her paintings in church and told the story of how she often gets up at 4am to pray before she paints. “Lonely” (below), painted when she was 5, was my favourite. See the rest here.
Read MoreElizabeth in an exhibition
Yesterday our whole family went to see an exhibition of drawings by a local group of artists at the Waterfront Gallery. My daughter Elizabeth (15) modeled for them one evening and ended up on the invitation.
Read MoreSpirited Exchanges UK
The Spirited Exchanges UK Website is up. There has been a lot of interest in this from Greenbelt and it was just a matter of time before a website and network started to take shape in the UK. This will be a support network for people on the edge of church or beyond, or as…
Read MoreHappy Sabbath to all
Nothing to say this morning except a happy Sabbath to you all, and if you take a different day off than Sunday .. . then happy Sunday. We are all well. Weather is good. Lots of young people around. I am working on plane tickets for my various conferences and trips, reading books, preparing teachings,…
Read MoreRenewing Evangelicalism on the Island of Hoy
Andy and I took a ferry to the island of Hoy and and stayed the night at a youth hostel. No shops. No internet. No pub. We both got a lot of reading done. The best book i read was Retrieving the Tradition and Renewing Evangelicalism (1998), by Baptist theologian D.H. Williams. Excellent read. Wish…
Read MoreNew Brochure for Emergence 2007 [update]
UPDATE: New Brochure An important series of events for the Emerging Church in USA. These events are connected to the book “Listening to the Beliefs of Emerging Churches” [see my review] and the pending release of The Emergent Manifesto of Hope”. I am very impressed with the choice of hosts – especially since I am…
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