Greenbelt is going well. 20,000 people and lots to do. We saw Sixpence None the Richer last night with my girls. Quiet evening at the Jesus Arms Hotel. I am hosting the SLOT organizers at our campsite and I showed them around last night. It was also Abigail’s birthday yesterday. This morning she had a…
Read MoreBack in the UK
Just got off the ferry. Sorry for the silence. We were hanging with a band called The Dump Brothers in Belgium and their friends joined us and then we all went to a forest location in Netherlands for the weekend. Nice! But now its back to the grind – getting over to Greenbelt Festival where…
Read MoreBloggers on Sovereignty
Today I am the guest blogger at the Man of Depravity blog. Tyler is doing a series on the subject of “Sovereignty” and I was honored to be included. sovereignty
Read MoreThe 1% Clergical Elite and the 10% Cultural Creative Leadership
John La Grou was talking recently about a 1% ecclesial elite and the 10% cultural creatives in the church world. I asked him to elaborate and thus a new blog post this morning. “The emergence of virtual community, the virtual ecclesia, will radically change global religion in part because creatives-of-faith now have direct access to…
Read MoreThe 5 Blogs I Visited Most During My Blog Fast
During my blog fast of almost two months, these were the 5 Christian blogs I visited the most. Highly recommended!!!!! 1. Christianity Today LiveBlog – a gutsy, up-to-date, wide sweeping blog to keep you updated with what’s going on in Christendom. 2. Internet monk, the blog of Michael Spencer is superb and worth following. 3.…
Read MoreFrancis DuBose, the Mystic on Main Street
The urban missiologist Francis DuBose passed away on June 20th this year, during my blog fast, so I didn’t mention it. I remember him as a poet, an activist, a lover of the poor, the guy who added his Jesus revolution books from the 1970s to my library, and the teacher that brought the word…
Read MoreChristianity’s Next Challenge
“Islam per se is not necessarily the greatest challenge facing Christians today, but rather how Christians choose to respond to Islam.” John Azumah, “Christian Response to Islam: A Struggle for the Soul of Christianity. On June 4th, I sensed in my spirit a change in the Christian mission landscape regarding Islam. It was one of the…
Read MoreLoving the Church but Hating the Book
Bill Kinnon restores the art of writing a review on a book that you dont like. This has been a big issue for me. I am often sent rubbish books and I would rather not say anything at all than put up yet another negative review and have everyone mad at me. But maybe if…
Read MoreGospel in Ten Words
12 bloggers summarize the gospel in ten words or less. I was one of them but I should say that my answer on what the gospel is tends to be different each time. You might want to add your definition to the comments at the post on Fallen and Flawed.
Read MoreReflections on the Jesus Freaks
A few days have passed since camping out with the Jesus Freaks in Germany and I have a few thoughts on the movement. 1. The Jesus Freaks, after 2 years of summing up the previous chapter of ministry, going through a few trials, and accepting their identity as a movement that has matured out of…
Read MoreFreakstock Festival 2009
We had a great time at Freakstock Festival, the yearly gathering of Jesus Freaks International. I have some photos on Flickr but here are a few quick moments on film. This was the view out of our truck for the whole 3-4 days – people hanging out, talking, eating, praying, laughing. It was a really…
Read More100 Incredible Philanthropy Blogs
A list of 100 Incredible Philanthropy blogs has just been released. They kindly sent me an email to tell my that my blog was on the list. Thanks!!!! I am listed under the ‘faith based philanthropy’ section along with some other blogs that are worth checking out. A blog that should have been on that…
Read MoreAugust blog banner
This month’s banner was taken last month in Prague, Czech Republic. A deserted Trabant car (remember U2’s Zoo TV Tour?) sat next to our campsite. i couldn’t resist a photo. It also reflects my upbeat clowny mood this month which is a change from last month’s gloominess.
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