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…
Read MoreEC 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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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
Read MoreSecrets 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…
Read MoreCampaign 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
Read MoreUrgent 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…
Read MoreBrother 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
Read MoreUpStream 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…
Read MoreRemembering 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…
Read MoreA 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…
Read MoreRandom 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…
Read MoreTallskinnykiwi on Problogger and why the Reformed bloggers are beating the Emerging Bloggers
My humble little blog gets a mention and a link today in Darren’s Problogger blog [one is the biggest blogs in the world] as “the first blog that I had ever read”. Thanks! Darren’s post is about the place of links in today’s blogging world. He ends with 2 tips from Matt Cutts for attracting…
Read MoreChristian 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…
Read MorePizza 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.
Read MorePostmodern 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…
Read MoreThe 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
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreCreative people needed to figure out fundraising through social media
Last week we ran out of gas [butane] and could no longer cook for the crowds at our campsite. Not to worry, someone else had some gas and we were away again, brewing coffee and flipping crepes. Same thing just happened with our finances. Our mission funding took a wicked hit this year and we…
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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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