Scum of the Earth

Mike Sares, pastor of Scum of the Earth church in Denver, just popped over to have a chat. Great to meet him and hear the story of his church. Josh Cook told me about it last year in Scotland and its been good to finally meet Mike in person. Technorati Tags: church

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God loves Blue Collars

The sharing session at this house church conference is raging on and I don’t think i will get a chance to share this. But I feel God’s heart on it so in case I dont get to stand up and say it to the group, here it is. God is doing a new thing in…

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Reflections on The House Church Leaders Conference

This DAWN house church leaders conference is drawing to a close. Here are some random thoughts in reflection. – Mike Steele shared on the beginnings of this journey began in 2001. 170 people met in Tony house. I was there also in that meeting which was a part of the Epicenter Roundtable. Actually, I thought…

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TallSkinnyKiwi NO!

Cant please everyone. Even Emerging Church folk. I am sure there are many people that hate my blog and protest it but only a few people do so multiple times. Someone from an emerging church in UK stopped reading my blog a while back because, or so she told me, I was not willing to…

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Local Church and Local Food

I am still at this house church conference in Denver, Colorado. Words being used here to describe this new movement are “simple”, “organic” and “house” church. I have introduced another word that may add another layer or two of meaning. My contribution to the conversation in my group yesterday was about being a “LOCAL” church.…

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Ngwiza Mnkandla: Honour the Womb

Ngwiza Mnkandla, President of Dawn Ministries, challenged us to honor the womb from which we came. He talked about his physical mother and how he sends her a check each month. He also talked about how we in the organic/simple church movement must also honor the church that gave us birth. Yeah! Other discussion groups…

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Robert Webber (updated)

UPDATE (April 28, 2007): Message from Northern Seminary “It is with great sadness that we announce that Robert Webber passed away Friday April 26. We will be posting details on www.seminary.edu and on the AEF Call web site www.aefcall.org about the upcoming public memorial service in the Chicago area as soon as details are finalized.…

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House Church Network Leaders Conference, Denver

Denver, Colorado. Meeting for house church network leaders has begun. I joined the proceedings this morning. There are about 75 people here, all of whom came by personal invitation. Very focused group of leaders who are all doing house church/simple church but at the same time there is a desire to connect and integrate with…

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Bloggers Roundtable (when the roll is uploaded yonder)

ORIGINAL: Almost 50 bloggers turned up for a lunch and chat today. I finally got to meet a whole bunch of famous bloggers that i had not met in person before. UPDATE: When the roll is called up yonder, which should happen within the next few days, these names will be written in the Exponential…

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Live-blogging Mark Driscoll and Bill Hybels

UPDATE: I just closed the comments on this because it swelled up into something much larger than what actually happened. Todd Rhoades has the skinny so go check out his blog post and comment there if you like. Final Session. Intro by Mark Driscoll from Mars Hill Church in Seattle, speaking through a pre-made video.…

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Alan Hirsch VIP

I attended a dinner last night at Bola’s. Quite a posh Italian restaurant. All the speakers and officials were there. Thanks to Ed Stetzer who managed to get my name on the invitation list. We had a superb meal and then Dave Ferguson introduced the speaker and VIP . . . none other than the…

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Shane Deike – thanks!

Thanks to Shane Deike for hosting me during my Orlando visit. Campus Crusade for Christ guys have often been stereotyped as athletic jocks [not by me, mind you] and Shane does nothing at all to deconstruct that image. Huge energy and great strategic mind and tireless networker. We had a blast together, especially the late…

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Dave Ferguson

Dave Ferguson [author of The Big Idea] did a great job at his large group session last night, involving dancing, rabbits, and stuff falling from the ceiling. In his session this morning he went over the emphases in ministry that need to be in place: New more than the old Edge more than the center…

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Ooooohhhh. Nice photos!

Anita took some killer photos of our family in London earlier this month. Thats Tamara hanging on my leg. She’s 5 years old and wearing the cardigan that my mother spun and knitted. You can see Anita’s photos of us and our London experience (Borough Food Market) on her blog called WhereIsNiniNow?. Anita is a…

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Bob Logan on Church Planting

I am in Bob Logan’s session. Sorting the Soils is what he is talking about right now, and being “cultivatable”. Years ago when I was reading his stuff, Bob was using human reproduction terminology to describe the church planting process. Seems like he has switched to organic farming metaphors now to say the same thing…

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Exponential Conference in Orlando

I had a few days to spare before the next conference (Denver) so yesterday I popped down to Orlando and am now in the flow of the National New Church Planting Conference called Exponential, an event hosted by Leadership Network. About 1800 people here in the cavernous building of First Baptist Church. A lot of…

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Back in the blogosphere.

Well I made it to Orlando and, more importantly, I am back with Mac so i should be able to blog a whole lot more. The past month traveling without a computer has been tough. Many of the posts below were sent through my phone. Thanks for hanging on with me. EXPECT ME TO BE…

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Montreal

Great to be in Montreal. I havent been here since 1986 when i sailed here on the MV Logos and enjoyed my very first date ever with Debbie who would later become my wife. Schedule is very busy. Dave Brazzeal is working me to death but is feeding me well so i wont complain. He…

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Zurich

20-04-07_0732.jpeg Originally uploaded by tallskinnykiwi. Zurich this morning. Alles gut! We had a great party at Reinholds house last night in Steffisburg.

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