Back from FUSION last week - a great couple of days . . . Day 1 was a leadership seminar with Dan Kimball, looking at contextualizing the Christian experience in today’s cultures. A few notes from day 1:
People are now growing up without ever experiencing church - This is new and needs to be seen […]
Regarding the below transcript, I continue to be impressed with Bono’s relentless push of his radical social justice agenda . . . With Willow Creek asking him to be a keynote speaker at their leadership convention, and with “Walk On” (Relevant Books) giving a pretty comprehensive look at his views on spirituality Bono continues to be a […]
Transcript:
I’m certainly not here as a man of the cloth, unless that cloth is leather. It’s certainly not because I’m a rock star. Which leaves one possible explanation: I’m here because I’ve got a messianic complex.
Yes, it’s true. And for anyone who knows me, it’s hardly a revelation.
Well, I’m the first to admit that there’s […]
Crazy stuff - the future is now - TWO plans for spaceports so we can go and visit the stars . . .
 http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/02/17/060217205523.m0ks52×4.html
 I remember growing up hearing “Soon we’ll all be able to go to space”, and now it’s happening . . .
Come to the edge, he said
We are afraid, they said
Come to the edge, he said
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They came
He pushed them
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And they flew
It had to happen eventually . . . I am a Brit and a self-confessed numskull about US sports. I grew up with soccer, rugby and cricket, and after almost 10 years in the US I still don’t totally “get” baseball, football and other staples of America. So it comes as no surprise to me that […]
“The Revolution of faith that is swelling within the soul of America is no different in scope. It will affect you and everyone you know. Every social institution will be affected. This is not simply a movement; it is a full-scale reengineering of the role of faith in personal lives, the religious community, and society at […]
Was reading “Wounded Healers” by Henri Nouwen last night - an awesome book. Nouwen makes some great points that have me thinking:
1) We now live in an age of WMDs - This is the first time in history that man has had to see the future as only optional. We have the ability to destroy […]
And it begins . . . My new foray into blogging in Voxtropolis. It is good to be on board, and I look forward to the stuff to come! Just a note on balancing kiwis . . .
Some friends (actually some ex-students of mine) took a trip around the world a year or so ago. […]
