Apple’s iphone comes out tonight. Whoopdy Do! Its just a stupid phone and it costs too much money – $499 and $599. My motorola phone is 2 years old and if it died tomorrow i think i would resurrect my REALLY old Sony Ericsson 68i which i loved. If i want iTunes then i will…
Read MoreIJFM Missions articles online
HUGE amount of missions reading now available in PDF form. I’m talking about the past issues of International Journal of Frontier Missions. HT: Scott Burness
Read MoreHelen J Hicks and her new single
iTunes release of the single “Love’s Not for Sale” by blues/jazz singer Helen J Hicks. Profits go towards fighting human trafficking. Last week I saw Helen perform a fantastic set at a London club where she released her excellent new album [buy it on Amazon] on her LoudMouthMusic label. I took some video of ‘Love’s…
Read MoreOrphaned kids and missional families
Heres a good question [found on] StillHaventFound blog: “America has nearly 115,000 orphaned kids in foster care waiting to be adopted. Some wonder how this is possible in a country with Christian families. Surely, there are 115,000 missional families in America, right? Missional families, for example, embrace the redemptive mission of God and practice “true…
Read MoreLausanne III, WEA and Geoff Tunnicliffe’s doctorate
“Friends, this is your day and this is your chance. This life is the one life you have. So which it is going to be? Are you going develop the heart for the world? Are you going to make a difference for Jesus Christ? If you are, then you’ve got to come close. You’ve got…
Read MorePraying in London
I had a great time in prayer last week in London at Shannon Hopkins’s apartment with Tamsin, Mark and Han Stoney, Amy, Kerstin and Shannon. And I also got to pray with crazy-firece-warrior-charasmaniac Cathryn Thomas after tapping into her LoveFiercely blog for a long time. Cathryn and the others prayed until a ridiculous time in…
Read MoreGreg Valerio on Fair Trade Jewellery
Greg Valerio of Cred Foundation spoke to us last week about fairness and justice in the jewellery business, fairness to everyone from the mine to the shelf. Fair Trade is a first step, says Greg, but we still have a long way to go. He talked about his company Cred Jewellery and the challenge of…
Read MoreIan Coffey at Keswick
Keswick Convention will feature Ian Coffey speaking on ‘Postcards from the Edge’ (Week 3 – July 28-Aug 3). Ian will be replacing Alistair Begg who is recovering from surgery. This will be a great chance to hear this speaker and Church Next co-author with Eddie Gibbs (Emerging Churches) and at a great historical location. HT:…
Read MoreChastity ring banned from school
In the news today is Lydia Playfoot and her chastity ring. Her school will not allow her to wear it since its a religious item. She takes the case to court today. Hey – if its a meaningful icon and she simply wants to remind herself and her male classmates that she will not have…
Read MoreFire Destroys Simple Way Building
My friend Shane Claiborne could use some encouragement right now. A fire destroyed his home and the community center of his ministry Simple Way. No one hurt. Read more on Christianity Today blog. I have known Shane for nearly ten years and have a great respect for his new monastic journey and ministry to the…
Read Morebad blogging week
Must be the worst and unluckiest blogging week of my life. A weird power outage at this YWAM base has prevented me from accessing internet during this conference and now i am leaving. I didnt have much luck in london either – with passwords that didnt work and one hotel that had outrageous prices on…
Read MoreCharity Shop Alt. Worship
Alternative worship service at a Salvation Army Charity shop. Now thats a good idea. I am at the Cell Church UK conference in Harpenden right now. Nice people, including my partner in crime Richard White and some Norwegians that heard me speak in Copenhagen last year. We are meeting at the YWAM base. Anyway, this…
Read MoreThinking about Deep Church at an Oxford Pub
Off to Harpenden. London has been a really fantastic time. Sorry I havent blogged much – had trouble logging on. I will post some images and thoughts when i get a chance. I didnt make the Deep Church seminar last night since we stayed later in Oxford but we did manage to make a visit…
Read MoreLondon for a week
I will be in London for some meetings. I leave tonight. Sunday – Tribal gathering and Sunday roast. Monday – Entrepreneurs evening on the HMS President – a boat on the London Thames. Tuesday – CMS HQ opening in Oxford and Deep Church Seminar at WTC Wednesday and Thursday – Cell Church Conference in Harpenden…
Read MoreWorth a read
Mark Berry on entreprenuers and the emerging church Steve Hayes on emerging church and orthodox ecclesiology
Read MoreTonight with Spencer Burke
Tonight’s conversation. Is Spencer Burke REALLY a heretic? Spencer is probably the only guy i know who has been accused of heresy by people both outside AND inside the emerging church. Maybe we will find out. Spencer and I have a date next Wednesday, June 13th at 7pm (UK) or 11am (PST, USA). It will…
Read More3 TV Commercials Worth Watching
Commercials that rock.: This Kentucky Fried Chicken commercial (1970) called “Hugo and Holly” was my family’s favourite which i was young. I think it was KFC’s first commercial in Australia and New Zealand. I really must tell you the story of when Dad met Colonel Sanders – save that for another time. Well, now I…
Read MoreMean Dean in Malaysia
Blogs4God’s Mean Dean rebukes the Malaysians for their FLASHINATION and other web-sins. And at the same time he learns a lot. Wish I could have been there. Dean’s notes are here.
Read MoreOffense of the Cross
I preached yesterday at the local Baptist church. The subject was the unavoidable offense of the cross (1 Cor) to those who are too strong or too smart and the avoidable offense of language and behavior of God’s people which picked up a little on my blog post from last week. Ended up talking a…
Read MoreDeep Church
A new book has just been released called Remembering our Future: Explorations in Deep Church, edited by Andrew Walker and Luke Bretherton. I am grateful for my chat with Luke Bretherton and Jonny Baker last year in a London pub and am really happy that this book is now available. Its really an EXCELLENT, challenging,…
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