We had an American thanksgiving festival in our house today, despite being the wrong date and having left USA 7 years ago for Europe. Our kids invited their friends and there were 17 people. Its still going on.
Read MoreHappy Hour: Virtual Monastery, House Churches, Emerging Church UK and USA, and Emerging Church Bloggers/Christianity 2.0
My Happy Hour is this coming Monday, 12th November at 5pm GMT (London time) on Shapevine.com. That’s midday in New York. Come with questions for my very special guests who are turning up through video cam. They include: Bob Beltz, an author of numerous books and creator of the world’s first virtual monastery. He is…
Read MoreGodblogcon
Godblogcon is starting today in Las Vegas. Its a conference for Christian bloggers that started in California. I have never been but have tried twice to get there. Maybe next year. The cool thing this year is that its happening in the same venue as Blog World Expo. Pajama Party tonight and Weblog Awards. Dang.…
Read More“The Christian Olympics‘” S.E. Gregg is IN DA HOUSE!
[Posted by S. E. Gregg, Guest Blogger today on TSK] “The Christian Olympics” First Virtual Book Tour To Launch November 5, 2007 Best-selling author and Bible curriculum writer, S. E. Gregg will embark on the first eight-website tour on Monday, November 5,2007 for “The Christian Olympics-Going for the Gold Crowns”, the unveiling of the Bible’s…
Read MoreThe Reformation: How a Monk and a Mallet Changed the World
Book Review: The Reformation: How a Monk and a Mallet Changed the World, by Stephen j. Nichols Its a delightful and delicious book on the Reformation. You know it has to be when the chapter titles include “Some middle-aged men and a Sausage Supper” a title [which influenced my 2006 Reformation post “A Little Scottish…
Read MoreThe Blogging Church, by Brian Bailey
Book Review – The Blogging Church: Sharing the Story of Your Church Through Blogs, by Brian Bailey with Terry Storch Its a book for big church pastors to encourage them to blog. Leadership Network was behind it and the voices of Andy Stanley, Mark Driscoll and others are the prominent ones encouraging pastors to increase…
Read MoreOrganic Community, by Joseph Myers
Book Review – Organic Community: Creating a Place where People Naturally Connect, by Joseph R. Myers. A lot of people REALLY love this book. It comes at community from a very personal and relational angle rather than strategic or theological. Although there is structure here for implementing organic community. Joseph is a nice guy –…
Read MoreSimple Church, by Rainer and Geiger
Book Review – Simple Church: Returning to God’s Process for Making Disciples, by Thom Rainer and Eric Geiger Its a simple book about simple church written in a really simple way. I guess thats the idea of the book and it will probably appeal to people who do not need to know the historical evolution…
Read MoreSoul Graffiti, by Mark Scandrette
Book Review – Soul Graffit: Making a Life in the Way of Jesus, by Mark Scandrette Excellent book! This the way these books need to be written, especially when the authors are highly creative. Some story, some poetry, some deep thinking (but dont be expecting a theological treatise), some Jesus story, some mindless dribble [not…
Read MoreShane Hipps: The Power of Electronic Culture
Book Review: The Hidden Power of Electronic Culture: How Media shapes faith, the Gospel, and Church, by Shane Hipps I read this book a while ago and, initially, i was not impressed – thus my delay in talking about it. I guess i was expecting more insights on new media. I had already used McLuhan’s…
Read MoreBook review day
Hey – i am trying to review books here all day and i have a guest blogger coming over. However, a wicked storm has come and the winds outside are 80 miles an hour or higher. Schools are closed, public transport has ceased and the kids are home. And my internet is sporadic. That means…
Read MoreBlog: Understanding the Information Reformation, by Hugh Hewitt
Book Review – Blog: Understanding the Information Reformation thats Changing Your World, by Hugh Hewitt. Subheading is “Why you must know how the BLOGOSPHERE is smashing the OLD MEDIA MONOPOLY and giving individuals power in the marketplace of ideas. I bought this book last year and was a little disappointed with it so i have…
Read MoreBob Whitesel: Inside the Organic Church
Book Review: Inside the Organic Church: Learning from 12 Emerging Congregations, by Bob Whitesel This book chronicles Bob’s pilgrimage to a number of well-known, somewhat larger emerging and seeker type churches including Solomons Porch, Vintage Church, St Thoms in England and Mars Hill in Michigan. None of these churches have radically reshaped the form of…
Read MoreGod on Mute by Pete Grieg
Book Review: God On Mute: Engaging the Silence of Unanswered Prayer by Pete Grieg Pete doodled on the copy he sent me. Pete Grieg has written an excellent book (Iggy agrees) and I know how hard it is for Pete to write books. I have known Pete pretty well for 7 years and I can…
Read More15 Book Review Marathon : Thursday 8th on TSK
15 Book Review Marathon. Thats November 8th, all day. I have a whole bunch of books that I have read and I need to review on this blog. Its going to be a long and arduous day of blogging my way through these books. Come and join the fun. There will be a special guest…
Read MoreDarrin Patrick on History and Streams of Emerging Church
Darrin Patrick spoke at Covenant Theological Seminary and put together a little history of the emerging church in USA (or at least two groups within it – Emergent Village and Acts 29) and its really quite good and fair. Audio for Emerging Church Part One is at the Journey Blog. Darrin, quite apologetically, but using…
Read MoreEmerging Funeral Trend
I noticed this when my father died a few years back and the funeral director suggested we have a funeral service that reflected my dad’s life and story rather than a generic one-size-fits-all funeral service. To be honest, I was a little taken back. Especially when he told me stories of recent funerals that were…
Read MoreDaily Office
Northumbria Community has their Daily Office online. A few of us are starting to use it individually, and also online together like the skype chat that i missed last night. (Sorry). Check it out.
Read MorePenny For the Pope
Guy Fawkes celebration last night. It was raining so I am not sure if they did the bonfire but the kids were all over town, carrying a hollow turnip and asking for a “Penny for the Pop [Pope]” or in some cases “Penny to burn the Pope’”. I have tried to find stories of how…
Read MoreDigital Future Report
“More than a decade after the portals of the Worldwide Web opened to the public, we are now witnessing the true emergence of the Internet as the powerful personal and social phenomenon we knew it would become,” Jeffrey I. Cole, “Surveying the Digital Future” – Highlights PDF. The Center has released a report that summarizes…
Read More