UPDATE: We just had our dinner and it was GREAT. Read about it here. ———————————————- ORIGINAL POST: The creative people at Feast on Good, who I met in New York and have mentioned on the blog before, are hosting a worldwide dinner party for good on Friday Oct 5. And we are doing it with them by hosting…
Read MoreJesus Fresco Messed Up
Hey if you don’t get the joke currently on September’s banner, read the story of the Spanish lady who volunteered to “restore” a fresco of Jesus in a Spanish cathedral. Apparently 30,000 people have turned up to see “Behold the Monkey”. It’s a shame about the fresco, but it turned out to be a potential…
Read More8 Thoughts on Lasting Out, not Burning Out
Greater productivity in ministry comes from lasting out and not burning out. A mentor once told me, “In your first year, you can do NO WRONG. In your second year, you can do NO RIGHT. In your third year, either you or your critics WILL LEAVE. In your fourth year, if you are still there,…
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The world’s fastest multiplying CPMs and a dead Kiwi theologian
I am talking about church planting movements that go viral and out of control, producing hundreds and thousands of lean startup churches and communities in a very short amount of time. Does that get your blood pumping? Last year was my first time in China, as well as my first time in Indonesia and a…
Read MoreMr Mullet found guilty of hair-cutting attack
“The defendants invaded their homes, physically attacked these people and sheared them almost like animals”. Amish Sect Leader Guilty of Crimes, NYTimes I thought this story was a joke but it turns out to be sadly true. New York Times puts it this way . . . “Samuel Mullet Sr., the domineering leader of a…
Read MoreMission of God Study Bible and Itinerant Ministry
The Mission of God Study Bible has just been released. It carries the missional theme and . . what I really love about it . . it honors the memory of the Baptist missiologist Dr Francis DuBose who brought the word “missional” back into play with his 1983 book God Who Sends. [see the video I recorded…
Read MoreThoughts on that silly video
No I haven’t seen the Innocence of Muslims video and I don’t intend to watch it. The fallout is enough. Here’s some thoughts: – Terry Jones should NOT have promoted or shown the movie. It shows the same lack of judgement that caused him to attempt a Koran burning 2 years ago – something that…
Read MoreCool Projects
Heres a shout out to my creative friends with cool projects worth supporting: – DJ Kenny Mitchell released a new track called Don’t Wait. – Design geek Swiss Miss (hi Tina!) is building a resource base for the Creative Morning movement. – Steve Lawson released an album called Invenzioni – Charlie Peacock has 9 new songs…
Read MoreUK men forgotten how to act like Gentlemen
Email newsletter this morning from Mark Hall, Director of Socked. ———————————————- A recent study by socked.co.uk, the black sock subscription service for discerning gentlemen, highlighted the distant lack of manners in today’s society. 46% of men admitted to spitting in public Only 40% of men held doors open for ladies on a regular basis Only a shameful 4%…
Read MoreBack to Bali for Transform World
Today my official acceptance letter for the Transform World Global Challenges Summit came through. It will take place in Bali, November 6-9. Some of my good friends from Lausanne Congress will be there. Should be interesting. Yeah Bali! If you remember, we were in Bali the same time last year, spending time with young Indonesians who…
Read MorePlanking on the Pyramids, Discovering Dracula in Transylvania and other Homeschooling Experiences
As you know, we have been homeschooling (roadschooling, actually) our kids over the last 4 years. This has made it possible for us to travel and minister together as a missional family. Boarding school for our kids was not an option, for personal and financial reasons. So they came along with us and involved themselves…
Read MoreMary’s Son, Isa (Blog a Koran Day)
Sep 11 is Blog a Koran day, a tradition on this blog that I started a few years ago when someone stupidly threatened to burn a copy of the Koran. My post in 2010 was Water For Pilgrims My post in 2011 was Jacob in the Koran Today I want to blog a passage from Koran 19:15-21which…
Read MoreMy blog is pregnant and enjoying some maternity leave.
Someone congratulate me. My blog is pregnant and about to give birth to a number of little bloglets, some of which will be bookable blogs and all of them will be more focused on specific conversations: unlike their mother blog, which has always been a stream of consciousness on a variety of things that interest…
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