– Debbie did a social enterprise course called “Sense and Sustainability” and I took a 3 day small business course on how to start up a business in Scotland. On Thursday, Debbie and I were in different rooms at the same building. – Our cooperative had its first almost-official meeting last Sunday and we appointed…

Interesting graph on Forbes that lets you click on one of the 7 deadly sins and see how the cities measure up. HT: Tim Wright. Lust, anyone? Hmmm . . . Houston makes the cut. And Seattle. What about Gluttony? Well hey you’all in the Bible belt! Ummmm .. . love that southern cooking! And…

I don’t necessarily like the title of the blog post because many people who have left “church” are finding a renewed sense of what CHURCH was in Acts 2 and probably should be today, in forms that no longer resemble the sunday service of recent years/. However, this blog post is worth the read: “Is…

I took the ferry down to Aberdeen and went south to Brechin yesterday, to pick up a printing press. There is a fantastic old Cathedral there built where a Celtic monastery stood in the 900’s. This round tower was built around 1100 and is one of only two of its kind in Scotland. I had…

I have been wrestling with the issue of sustainability for emerging church projects. I know others are also thinking through these things and some of us are creating social enterprises, co-operatives, and other forms of sustaining what we are doing. Henry Venn had some good advice in the mid 19th century. Here is a snippet…