Bad news for our family. The extension for our visa for the UK was denied without right of appeal. Bogus reasons like saying we missed the deadline, etc, but we think its all in God’s hands. We have 10 days to let them know when we are leaving. Harsh words like ‘should you fail to…
Read More25 Years and Still Lovin’ It
I am interrupting my current blog break to make an announcement . . . Today marks 25 years for me in global ministry. Thats a SILVER ANNIVERSARY!!! On May 24th, 1985, I was flying overseas on my first short term mission. I was 21 years old and had completed a few years of Bible College.…
Read MoreNot Blogging. Really
I am not blogging since we are traveling so much. However … Global Day of Prayer – biggest day of prayer EVER – happened yesterday. History here. Rudy Carrasco pointed me to a great post in which he adds images and details to my story that you all read called “A black guy and a…
Read MoreNext: Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Albania, Macedonia
You may have noticed that I am not blogging right now, except my silver anniversary post this morning. Thats because we are travelling from one end of Europe to the other, from the southwestern point of Spain/Gibraltar/Portugal that jumps over to Morocco [where we just came from] over to the other corner of Europe that…
Read MoreFresh Expressions and Emerging Church: Historical Accuracy is Important
Good article on emerging church and “fresh expressions in the Sunday Times yesterday. It always excites me to see new steps taken in this direction. And great to see the Church of England still committed to fresh expressions. 20 years ago we were getting ourselves into BIG trouble for starting new churches like these but…
Read MoreAdventure in Progress Family Interview
Most of the time I think its quite normal, our family and friends traveling around the world in a 4×4 truck. But I suppose its not. Our family was interviewed recently by another family for Adventures in Progress about our life on the road. I was just reading the responses from our kids. Aventure in…
Read MoreThe Skinny on the Food Revolution
People, a movement is underway. We are in the beginning stages of a food revolution and the church is upfront and center. Good. I suggested a few days ago that God may have sent Jamie Oliver to the Southern Baptists. But it might be equally true that God sent the Southern Baptists to Jamie Oliver.…
Read MoreTed and Gayle Haggard and their In-Home Church
Speaking of house church, as I have been in the past few blog posts, you may not have heard the phrase “in-home church” before . . . but . . . apparently . . . Ted and Gayle Haggard have one and just incorporoated it under the name St James. I wish them the best.…
Read MoreMen would rather be in a ladies underwear shop than a church
According to a new survey, more British men would feel comfortable in a ladies underwear shop, or a library, or a hospital, than a church. And the biggest hurdle is the SINGING! From Sorted Magzine: Two out of three confessed to feeling ill at ease in a pew, while only one in two said the…
Read MoreDid God send Jamie Oliver to the Southern Baptists?
FEATURED POST TODAY in honor of the SBC Annual Meeting. I was just reading about Jamie Oliver's visit to a Southern Baptist church in Huntington, West Virginia, one of the most obese and "unhealthiest" cities in the country. Apparently, the visit created a lot of interest from the media but not much from Christians. Although…
Read MoreSunday’s Coming: Contemporvant Service Movie Trailer
So funny. Did he say “contemporvant”? This is EXACTLY what we did each Sunday when I was a pastor and a leader of contemporvant type church service, back in the early 90’s. I was the guy doing the talk each week although I looked a lot cooler than the preacher-dude with ALL THE ANSWERS in…
Read MoreBalkan Connect and 24-7 Prayer
Last call! We are partnering with 24-7 Prayer for Balkan Connect – a gathering of young crazy missional entrepreneurs, church planters, monastic-wannabes and prayer-room junkies. June 10-13, Ohrid, Macedonia It should be a great time. Please send me an email if you can make it. Cost is 15 Euros.
Read MoreBeliefnet takes Webby award
Congrats to Beliefnet for being awarded the Webby for the best religion and spirituality site. It really is a great religion site and there are some good bloggers on board, notably the venerable Scot McKnight who you all know from this blog. Also, Mark D. Roberts, who has enjoyed a huge web presence over the…
Read MoreReclaiming Mothers Day
Mother’s Day this weekend (May 9). Ron Lewis has a good video on Mothers Day – its origin, its cost ($14 Billion) and its potential for good. What can the church do? Get the video from my friends at The Work of the People. Preview below.
Read MoreProBlogger Darren Rowse on how churches should use social media
Some people just feel perfectly at home on the web and become fluent in all its workings in absolutely no time at all. Darren Rowse is such a man. The rest of us mortals have to struggle to figure it out. Darren, who you know as the founder of ProBlogger, is one of the world’s…
Read MoreThe Adventures of Tall Skinny Kiwi in North Africa
Back to blogging after my 3 months in North Africa. Sorry for being so silent and distant. I look forward to getting into the swing of things again. YES! 3 Flippin’ Months in North Africa!! What an incredible time for my family and friends. We drove around in our old 4×4 truck which also provided…
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