The Crystal Cathedral is up for sale and I just heard that someone bought it for $46 million. Dang! Maybe some emerging church out there should have bought the 40 acre campus and recycled it into something useful. Although if Randall Balmer is correct in saying that passing on a huge unsustainable megachurch is a…
Read MoreGlobal Cities: Some thoughts
In the past week I have been in three of the worlds largest cities – Hong Kong, Beijing and London. Beijing was my favorite. Its a wonderful city. So much potential. While there I met with friends who are working in many other global cities like Tokyo and Seoul. HUGE CITIES! Over the next year…
Read MoreA Chinese book turns 100
Last week I stopped into Beijing, as one does, and went to a church called Next. This church is part of the larger BICF, but it meets separately in this funky restaurant. They were a wonderful and whacky group of young internationals and they asked me to share a story. OK . . . why not? …
Read MoreI need books on emerging blogging nomadic couch surfing apostles
I need you to recommend some books for me. The creative people at Cornerstone Festival have taken my three seminars and given them a single title. THANKS! I have asked them to change the “emergent” word, which I try to avoid, but that’s fine if they want to use it. Here’s how the seminar looks on their website: Emergent…
Read MoreChristian Social Entrepreneur Initiative
Praxis Labs is offering $50,000 first prize for a social entrepreneur. Might be you. Read more. “Our ultimate goal is to help Christian social entrepreneurs to create high-impact, long-lasting organizations that serve the greater good. We succeed when our entrepreneurs succeed,” said Kwan, who is also the director of international giving for David Weekley Family…
Read MoreBack to London
Flying back to London today and then to Prague on Wednesday. Its been a fantastic time in Asia over these past few weeks and I will surely tell you all about it when i get a chance. Such a huge, vibrant, dynamic area of the world. Its been busy and full but totally worthwhile.
Read MoreRapture: Jesus stood us up again.
It's May 21st. Some people were expecting Jesus to come and apparently he stood them up, once again, and left them high and dry on late great planet earth. Maybe the same people who thought he was coming in September 6, 1994, according to an earlier prediction by the same guy. Hey Harold Camping .…
Read MoreMaids in Hong Kong
There are almost 300,000 domestic workers (maids) in Hong Kong and almost all of them are from either Indonesia or the Philippines. This morning in Hong Kong I preached at a church for Philippino maids and we had a blast. Yesterday I preached at a church for Indonesian maids. Also a blast. I was the…
Read MoreKirchentag. A party for 120,000 Protestants
Imagine 120,000 Christians descending on a single city for a few days of celebration, teaching, music, food and talk. It’s absolutely HUGE! Its the size of 6 Greenbelt Festivals. I’m talking about Kirchentag. Kirchentag is German for “Church Day”, the 33rd German Protestant Church Day to be exact. It happens from June 1 to June 5.…
Read MoreStarting a Blog
Now is the best time to start blogging. Really! Darren Rowse has just released the Probloggers Guide to Your First Week of Blogging. Its a great little guide to getting started and developing some rhythms of writing and posting which will be a great help. – Set up a folder for ideas– Use mind mapping techniques…
Read MoreSpeaking in Hong Kong
Hey, if you happen to be in Hong Kong this weekend [yeah . . . sure . . ] then come and hear me speak at: Shepherd Community Grace Church, 10 Anchor St, Hong Kong. Sunday at 2pm.
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