HPV Jab Death?

Terrible news: Today was the first known HPV jab death in UK. Our prayers are with the parents of 14 year old Natalie Morton. God’s peace to you all in your loss! BBC states that “Vaccination is not compulsory and consent is required before it is administered to the under-16s” but we found this to…

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EC talk postponed

UPDATE: Not this time. Nobody in Altanta is really interested so I will shelve this talk and bring it out at another date – perhaps Dallas early next year as part of our ten year celebration of the Boaz Project under BGCT. Original Post: Saturday evening Oct 3, 2009 I will be in Atlanta on…

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USA this week

I am in New York this week for “Feast on Good” social enterprise conference, and to work on a social accounting project called the Transformation Index, and then off to Atlanta on Friday for meetings there on Saturday. Sat evening in Atlanta is free. Any ideas. feast, social media, social web

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Secrets and Lies

No lies, just secrets. Deep secrets. Secret secrets. Hope I dont have to kill you afterwards Secret 1: Our secret email sent out today is here for you to read. What? You dont get our regular email? You should subscribe! Secret 2: Our secret website that contains our family’s adventures and some horrible photos of…

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Campaign Going Well: Thanks to Twitterers

Thanks to all the Twitterers who helped us today with our campaign to fund our travels into the next 25 countries. Jonah was first . . . Then the Twitter avalanche happened. Amazing!!! We have only just begun and already the result right now is . . . social media, social web

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Urgent Appeal: 5 Ways To Help the Jones Family

Thanks everyone for your suggestions on getting supported and on our way to the next 25 countries. So much opportunity. . . so little funds. You know how it is, especially in this financial crunch when things have dried up. We have just lost a huge amount of support and need to make it up…

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Brother Sun Sister Moon

Mark Berry found this pilgrim t-shirt. Nice. I had an idea for a pilgrim t-shirt also, based on the 1972 movie of Francis of Assisi called “Brother Sun Sister Moon“. What do you think? brother sun sister moon, francis assisi

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UpStream Collective: A mission experience

Ed Stetzer and Larry McCrary are taking a team of people into Asia for a mission experience – visiting temples, talking to religious leaders, eating strange foods, etc. You can follow it at the Upstream Collective blog. Think of it as a virtual jet set tour for those who could not attend but can still…

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Remembering Brian Ollman

Memorial service today for Brian Ollman who passed away unexpectedly last week in California at the age of 40. He was a good friend and I will miss him. I have some photos back home of when he and Heidi came out to stay with us in Scotland. Brian and his friends in Pomona, California…

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A Farmer’s Search for a Theology of the Land

We are driving today to the farm of John Riddell in Petworth, England. John says we can stay there for the next week and use his barn for some meetings tomorrow. Cool!! John Riddell is a Christian farmer who has done a lot of thinking about a theology of the land. “Did the Bible offer…

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Random stuff

– I can related to the blog-weary Phoenix Preacher who seeks a cave between and the Lighthouse Trails and the renewal movement. – The Sovereignty series on Man of Depravity ended well. Lots of good thoughts, including one from me. – When I was at Greenbelt Festival, I met Rob Bell and the controversial but…

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Christian Web Conference Today

The Christian Web Conference starts today. As you probably know, I was scheduled to speak on a panel and a great debate, but had to cancel due to sudden funding drop and inability to get over to USA. The organizers were very gracious and understanding. Sorry I didnt get to see you all there this…

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Pizza for 70 in a Baroque ballroom

Beth’s pictures of our spectacular Baroque pizza party are now available on Flickr. This event was part of our leadership roundtable that was held in Poland at Slot Art Festival. I think we had about 25 countries represented. Maybe more. It was a very surreal pizza experience and loads of fun.

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Postmodern Apologetics

Mike Morrell explores Postmodern Apologetics in a Post-Postmodern Time. Nice well thought out blog post. The word has a lot of baggage but still a lot to be learnt. I was just reading my old 2003 Postmodern Truth series 1 2 and 3 in response to Charles Colson. Funny how the subject keeps churning away…

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The Nines Top Twitter

Congrats to Leadership Network and The Nines Leadership event for topping the Twitter hot trends. Is this the first time a Christian event has topped it? I think it is. See previous post for the conference. the nines

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The Nines Event for International Viewers

[Screen removed] The Nines is an online event that happens today, which, in case you didn’t realize, is 09/09/09. Leadership Network and Catalyst are behind this FREE event. They have selected a large number of well known speakers and leaders from churches around USA. “THE NINES is a free one-day event that will take place…

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Top 100 Church Blogs

TOP 100 CHURCH BLOGS (as of September 4, 2009)

Name alexa rank compete visitors google pagerank google readers technorati authority technorati inlinks Score

1

Desiring God 39,656 109,612 6 7,001 615 2,378 2.5

2

Between Two Worlds 108,309 29,676 6 27,309 556 2,832 5

3

Tim Challies 129,527 44,909 5 5,490 371 1,789 7.83

4

Stuff Christians Like 189,033 33,711 5 7,145 548 1,425 8.83

5

The Resurgence 156,353 22,148 5 3,397 496 2,723 9.33

6

Internet Monk 152,427 21,265 6 1,671 452 2,008 11

7

GetReligion 150,694 34,623 7 1,387 212 917 13.67

8

Jesus Creed 3,256 488,265 5 629 259 1,286 14.5

9

Michael Hyatt 67,847 39,440 5 852 272 878 15.67

10

Pyromaniacs 268,846 13,111 5 2,056 242 1,299 16.17

11

Church Marketing Sucks 221,984 11,470 5 3,303 436 533 17

12

Out of Ur 14,475 63,914 4 1,512 201 996 19.5

13

Ragamuffin Soul 320,080 10,109 5 2,337 180 868 19.83

14

Swerve 73,604 7,782 5 1,343 150 801 23.17

15

Dr. Albert Mohler 170,557 31,917 5 4,603 285 166 23.83

16

Evotional 877,547 8,797 5 2,114 552 676 26.83

17

Church Relevance 313,613 11,252 5 2,052 64 418 30.33

18

Josh Harris 573,711 11,365 4 2,713 438 436 32

19

Perry Noble 644,649 9,947 5 622 191 854 32.17
Name alexa rank compete visitors google pagerank google readers technorati authority technorati inlinks Score

20

Blog and Mablog 563,804 9,596 4 2,194 327 573 32.33

21

FlowerDust.net 567,817 6,390 5 1,078 151 656 35.17

22

Monday Morning Insight 108,665 10,285 4 1,189 108 338 36.17

23

Ed Stetzer 44,971 19,424 5 1,680 0 814 36.5

24

Church Crunch 115,977 13,254 4 402 142 551 36.67

25

Tall Skinny Kiwi 638,372 3,696 5 1,190 277 522 37.33

26

Tony Morgan Live 416,760 6,427 4 995 180 838 37.5

27

Without Wax 530,978 3,515 5 1,127 154 682 37.67

28

Eugene Cho 472,142 7,198 5 658 113 528 37.67

29

Acts 29 496,394 9,961 5 98 305 786 39

30

Mark D. Roberts 674,932 9,474 5 449 57 13,091 39.17

31

Steven Furtick 506,495 8,378 4 1,226 134 561 40.67

32

Emergent Village 944,034 7,089 6 631 125 649 41.17

33

Adrian Warnock 533,915 3,675 5 1,063 165 372 41.17

34

Ligonier Ministries 130,402 58,801 4 1,264 0 1,567 43

35

Compassion International 94,110 7,928 5 401 45 266 43.33

36

Founders Ministries Blog 373,193 21,712 4 907 116 211 44

37

Human3rror 216,110 9,009 5 119 71 293 47.67

38

Vintage Faith 1,190,302 3,184 5 1,269 282 228 48.17

39

Think Christian 910,340 8,410 5 1,749 48 228 48.17
Name alexa rank compete visitors google pagerank google readers technorati authority technorati inlinks Score

40

22 Words 792,784 4,333 4 1,812 116 461 49.17

41

Leading Smart 1,305,303 2,806 5 1,373 173 336 49.17

42

nakedpastor 367,782 8,701 5 77 97 425 50.17

43

9Marks 353,585 5,566 5 29 300 551 51

44

Kingdom People 598,544 4,813 4 482 105 671 51.5

45

Catablog 330,571 10,322 4 633 97 114 51.5

46

Liturgy 307,170 12,263 5 80 120 179 51.67

47

THEOOZE 848,648 2,629 5 356 289 276 52

48

Brian McLaren 472,360 4,719 6 851 0 625 55.17

49

Ben Arment 1,094,457 1,689 4 943 206 492 57.17

50

Phil Cooke 505,542 5,945 4 563 91 176 57.83

51

Real Live Preacher 231,497 3,795 6 123 29 310 58.5

52

Reformissionary 1,237,405 3,182 4 1,109 227 232 58.83

53

Kem Meyer 1,287,604 1,279 5 964 154 248 59.5

54

XXXchurch 143,463 35,900 5 74 0 324 60.83

55

Collide Magazine 225,819 8,489 5 275 24 87 61

56

Don Miller 554,238 6,227 4 2,704 0 343 61.5

57

JollyBlogger 999,738 2,663 4 469 178 253 62.5

58

Open Source Theology 436,437 4,570 5 102 102 104 63.67

59

Digital @ Leadership Network 394,548 12,158 4 208 38 93 66
Name alexa rank compete visitors google pagerank google readers technorati authority technorati inlinks Score

60

High Calling Blogs 419,139 5,352 4 115 37 331 66.67

61

Worship Matters 1,267,103 2,845 4 1,072 53 275 66.83

62

Reformation 21 8,537,446 8,532 5 1,638 0 846 67.83

63

The Evangelical Outpost 1,069,923 3,912 3 2,593 66 411 67.83

64

Unashamed Workman 1,356,880 2,462 4 708 54 305 68.83

65

Johnny Baker 1,206,997 0 4 598 156 349 70

66

Mark Beeson 2,828,174 1,752 5 492 95 215 70.5

67

Pure Church 1,716,427 2,126 4 1,135 51 251 72

68

Pomomusings 278,653 4,207 3 167 74 303 73.33

69

Cal.vini.st 631,300 0 4 360 75 294 73.5

70

John C. Maxwell 505,991 2,232 4 314 58 95 74.17

71

Ed Young Jr. 1,282,509 3,080 4 865 61 96 74.5

72

Deadly Viper 591,579 3,399 4 378 38 96 74.83

73

Christian Web Trends 110,761 57,970 4 58 15 61 77

74

The Sola Panel 1,044,368 1,052 4 445 39 242 77.17

75

Off the Agenda 339,692 30,210 5 26 19 46 78

76

Joe Thorn 1,283,046 0 4 487 174 158 78.67

77

Dave Ferguson 1,718,510 490 4 553 145 172 78.83

78

Purgatorio 1,480,994 4,965 5 398 21 66 79.17

79

Take Your Vitamin Z 859,745 2,195 4 441 0 478 79.33
Name alexa rank compete visitors google pagerank google readers technorati authority technorati inlinks Score

80

Glocal Christianity 723,583 7,275 4 27 55 211 79.5

81

In Light of the Gospel 429,075 972 4 168 44 148 79.83

82

Drew Goodmanson 694,918 1,967 4 321 25 162 81

83

The Digital Sanctuary 1,437,957 1,724 4 571 39 136 81.17

84

Scott Hodge 3,549,650 0 4 691 135 256 82

85

Bill Kinnon 1,867,978 2,150 4 201 71 191 82.17

86

The Blazing Center 1,741,941 2,627 4 267 45 156 83.67

87

Godspace 1,894,000 0 4 199 78 424 84.17

88

Rhett Smith 1,057,366 3,154 5 59 28 130 84.5

89

Relevant Blogs 56,977 33,675 6 37 0 2 84.67

90

Shaun in the City 1,060,570 4,303 4 142 36 88 85.67

91

Church Communications Pro 269,648 5,425 5 40 3 51 87

92

Cerulean Sanctum 2,339,065 3,621 4 147 34 203 87.17

93

More Than Dodgeball 1,202,608 967 4 76 51 278 87.33

94

A Place For the God-Hungry 823,471 2,239 4 223 17 104 87.67

95

Fred McKinnon 1,592,476 788 3 122 121 1,084 88

96

Pastor Hacks 2,345,042 0 4 105 155 292 88.17

97

DJ Chuang 865,461 7273 4 36 28 123 89

98

Jordon Cooper 1,562,462 2,012 5 78 23 181 89.17

99

Notes from off Center 1,375,304 1,358 5 66 33 130 89.67
100 Gathering in Light 710,586 4,357 3 157 35 134 91.33
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My birthday today

Today is my birthday. We are still in London and I might do something nice for myself like go to a photographic gallery or something. I think the family is planning a meal tonight. Anyway . . . happy birthday to me.

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