November cometh. Its a little early to put up my new banner but i couldn’t wait. I took the November banner photo yesterday at a farm a few miles away, where we buy our straw for the chickens. Its the same farm where i get my sides of beef cut up. In fact, they cut…
Read MoreEmergent Village gears up for next season
Good to see Emergent Village release the results of their survey and lay down plans for the next season. USA needs Emergent Village because they need a space space to hold conversations about the future of the church in the emerging culture. Tony Jones is stepping down as director and Emergent moves ahead with significant…
Read MoreResource Training
Resource starts this weekend. There is still time to register. Its a one year program in the UK, built around certain training weekends so its totally doable for anyone. I teach occasionally at Resource weekends and they are really fun. The guy in this photo, btw, is none other than Maty Big Fro who often…
Read MoreHPV Immunisation: We don’t want the Jab!
This week marks the second of three HPV immunisation jabs for 11-13 year olds in the UK. HPV is a sexually transmitted disease that can lead to genital warts and cervical cancer. We will be keeping our 13 year old out of school because they jabbed her last time without our consent and despite her…
Read MoreTop UK Christian Blogs
Guess what? Tall Skinny Kiwi is currently the Number 1 Christian Blog in the UK. Thanks to The Blue Fish Project (Dave Bish) for including me on the list. Now what about a BADGE or AWARD or something??? A lot of people don’t realise I live in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, despite being born in…
Read MoreRussell Brand – Best TV Apology of the Year
Big news in the UK today was Russell Brand apologising to actor Andrew Sachs (“Manuel” in Fawlty Towers) and resigning his job as BBC presenter. Sky news had Russell giving a heartfelt honest apology and resignation from BBC and it was really refreshing to see. In my opinion, I have never really liked Russell Brand…
Read MoreA voice in the desert, calling
This image, taken from a partial scan of a photo from Aaron Huey, reminded me of John the Baptist, a voice in the desert, calling . . . Most of Aaron’s excellent photos (not sure about the one above) were taken with an old Leica M6 and 35mm lens.
Read MoreWEA meeting in Thailand: I am not there
I was supposed to be in Thailand this week for the Mission Commission meetings with World Evangelical Alliance. The WEA meet up every 6 years for a general assembly so its a really big deal. But I can’t make it and will be in Scotland this week, if anyone there is wondering where I am.…
Read MoreIs Hell a Real Place?
Are heaven and hell real places or not? What do you think about what the Bible says? My friend Doug Pagitt just posted a transcript from an interview with Todd Friel, a self-described fundamentalist from Way of the Master Radio. The conversation went to hell. Heres a snippet; ——————- Todd: OK, Doug, hold on Doug……
Read MoreWikipedia for Schools
Boing Boing point to Wikipedia downloadable resources for schools. And school kids . Like the 5 of them we have in our big family. Technorati Tags: wikipedia
Read MoreEmerging Events
Some more dates and events for your consideration regarding church in the emerging culture. USA – Reclaiming Paul conference going on now in USA with Emergent Village. Check out the Tweets . . . I mean the Twemes. England – Big meeting on Dec 13 in England. The Tribal Generation network from Brazil are coming…
Read MoreDo Dogs Go to Heaven? The Battle of the Church Signs
This one is really funny. See the rest of the argument and most importantly, WHO WINS, at HappilyKim. Michael in the comments reminds us that churchsigngenerator is behind it.
Read MoreInternet Ministry Conference
I am not there at the Internet Ministry Conference but a lot of my friends are. Hi everyone!!! A blog is set up, photos are flowing, and participants are twittering with a #imc2008 in their smile. Should be some interesting chatter about social networks and ministry and stuff. Try the internet evangelism track. And the…
Read MoreSupernatural Healing and the Good News
A few years ago, at our home in Prague, I was having a chat with a lovely new age lass. She was describing how she went to the hospital to “heal” someone and how she slowly erected this contraption beside his bed that would hopefully assist the healing process. I said to her. “You see…
Read MoreI just preached on Ruth and Boaz
I preached this morning at Stromness Baptist Church despite feeling a flu coming on. A few themes emerged as I told this story about the barley harvest in Bethlehem. Yes, harvest festival is around the corner and the projectionist already had some slides of barley on the screen as backup for the worship. Seemed appropriate…
Read MoreWhy I don’t go to church
“I have heard that 90% of all the resources available for use by the church (note the singular noun) in the world today are used by less than 10% of the church (again note the singular.) Most parts of the church in the West (that we call “churches”) spend as much money watering the grass…
Read MoreMark Driscoll’s R-Rated Study Bible and 11 more.
Internet Monk has a hilarious list of a dozen study bibles that should be released later this year. At least, they should be. Don’t take him too seriously. HT: Todd Rhoades where I stole this picture. “The Mark Driscoll R-Rated Study Bible for Dudes. Freak out your reformed Baptist friends with Mark Driscoll’s comedic, rude…
Read MoreBlog Action Day for Poverty: Oct 15
Blog Action Day is an opportunity to blog about poverty. HT: Devlounge For my little post on poverty, and how to relieve it, I dipped into an earlier project that really excited me and contained some memes that I thought needed a spotlight. Its a microbusiness enterprise called The Indian Taxi Fund., started by my…
Read MoreCall and Response movie: Going Viral!
The film I told you about – Call and Response – has gone quite viral and might be an award winner. CNN are covering it. We are requesting our local theater show it as soon as they can. I just forwarded an email flyer to some of my friends who might not have seen it…
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