Interesting conversation going on about terms, in particular the words “emergent” and “emerging”. I know some people use the words interchangeably and others draw clear lines in the sand. I have never liked the lines very much. I see churches inside the Emergent Village world that do not show any characteristics of emergent behavior and…
Read MoreCooper a dad.
Vintage blogger Jordon Cooper is a father. Again.
Read MoreGraphing Social Patterns
Graphing Social Patterns East is a great Web 2.0 conference held over the next few days. I almost came over for it. Really . . . i was THIS close. But hey . . . another time. Watch out for the live-blogging on a new blog platform called Scribble Live. Could be a great app.…
Read MoreA few photos from my day on the island of Westray
Westray was great. Had a good time speaking at the church and then Stephen and Linda Hagan took me around the north of the island to see some sights. Plenty more photos are here on flickr. Original: This morning I leave on a tiny ferry for the island of Westray. I will be speaking at…
Read MoreIrresistible Revolution, by Shane Claibourne
Awake all night so I read a book. Fighting and swearing outside our window. After the police left around 3am I still couldn’t sleep so I made a hot bath and read Shane Claibourne’s book The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical. Its been on my shelf for (oppps . ) probably forever .…
Read MoreMankini: Its NOT MINE! Honest!
This message was on my computer today. Be glad it was not on yours. Be VERY glad. Well . . firstly, I didnt buy it. Really, its not mine [Austin Powers voice] but my teenage son really did bid on it and apparently won. Secondly, it hasnt arrived but when it does, I will let…
Read MoreCompelled By Love: Ed Stetzer and Philip Nation on TSK today.
Today I have special guests Ed Stetzer and Philip Nation on the blog to talk about their book Compelled By Love: The Most Excellent Way to Missional Living. The website for the book is worth a visit. TSK: Ed and Philip, thanks for the book. I think it’s fantastic that you point to love as…
Read MoreObama and the web
People are saying the internet won it for Obama, the first “search engine President”. Hilary spent $67,000 on google ads and Obama spent a million. Its seems the web made a big difference. Interesting . . .
Read MoreEmerging Church Movement: Since 2000?
“In the 1990s, there were very few examples of churches that were communicating within the perspectives and practices of new urban cultures. More typically at that time, the strategy consisted of making the church service relevant to outsiders . . . . In the year 2000, the emerging movement got its start” Ryan Bolger has…
Read MoreBlog World Expo 2008 – I am going!
Blog World Expo is the worlds largest Blogging conference. There will be about 2000 people there in Las Vegas, Sep 20-21 and I will be one of them because i am speaking at GodblogCon 2008, a smaller conference inside the larger that i will tell you more about in a few days. But since I…
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