I found myself praying for the USA this week regarding the Aug 2 deadline. I bet I am not the only one. These Images, as you know, are from the 1946 movie “Its a Wonderful Life” by Frank Capra. You can take and use this as a slide show if you like. [oopps. comments…
Read MoreJohn Stott. Gone for now.
He was one of the most important evangelical leaders of last century. John Stott passed away yesterday at age 90. I will remember him mostly as the guy behind the Lausanne Covenant – his story and influence was all over the Lausanne Congress I attended last year in Capetown – but I will also remember…
Read MoreMan on the Moon
If you believed, they put a man on the moon 40 years ago today. July 21, 1969. I believed. I was 7 at the time and I remember the New Zealand newspaper photos being in colour. Amazing moment. My teachers at Willow Park Primary School in Northcote wouldn’t stop talking about. I am not sure…
Read MoreGathering in Prague
We have just finished a round of informal meetings and meals and chats in Prague, Czech Republic. It lasted over a week and a half and we had people fly in from everywhere. Some days everyone came out to our campsite for a bbq and other days we met in restaurants or hotels around Prague.…
Read MoreGlobal nomad event tonight
Tonight we are having a BBQ at our truck and will be talking about existential migration, global nomads, and the spirituality of travel. A number of Wheaton College students on assignment in Europe are coming over, as well as some hostel workers who work with backpackers every day and probably ARE backpackers when they get…
Read MoreViolet Burning: The Story of our Lives
One or our favourite bands, The Violet Burning, arrived in Prague in preparation for Colours of Ostrava, Czech Republic’s largest music festival. We often meet up with this band on various occasions and various countries and always have a great time. Last night, the band came over to our ‘van down by the river’ for our regular Friday…
Read MorePhilanthropists and the Reformation
This week we visited Bethleham Chapel in Prague, where Jan Hus pastored and preached. Sasa Flek gave us a great historical overview of the Reformation from the Czech perspective. Normally, when theologians tell the story, they focus on the doctrinal changes of the Reformation and honor the theologians like Wyclif, Hus, Luther, Calvin, Zwingli, etc. But…
Read MoreBook: Economics of Good and Evil
“Sedlacek’s groundbreaking work promises to change the way we calculate economic value.” Harvard I just started reading a FABULOUS BOOK called Economics of Good and Evil: The Quest for Economic Meaning from Gilgamesh to Wall Street. I love it! It might be my best book of 2011. Although, if I am honest, most books I have…
Read MoreEffemigate
Huge blog discussion right now on effeminate men in the church. Some blog posts have over 500 comments. Wow! If I did NOT have a life . . . I would probably jump into the conversation :-] I dont want to say much. I have heard Mark Driscoll say similar things more than a decade…
Read MoreImportant events this week in Prague
More like a series of important breakfast events, planning summits, business innovations. strategic collaborations and informal chats. And in the middle of it all is my wife's birthday party on the 12th. We have guests arriving from all over. We are planning to take over the world. Really. If you are coming last minute to…
Read MoreChurch without a wall video
Some churches send their people out to impact the community and world beyond them. Others have heavy programs inside the church designed to draw them into the building. There is some hard feelings on this issue. Its been suggested that the dichotomy between attractional vs. missional church was a little unfair and has created a…
Read MoreSurvived Cornerstone. Leaving USA.
I am at the tiny airport in Peoria, Illinois and about to board my plane to Detroit, then Paris, then Prague where my family awaits me. Cornerstone Festival was really good. Such lovely generous people. The Roundtable went well but there were a lot of people that could not swing the plane ticket to get…
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