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hi martin. you could start at

2009-08-17T12:10:44.394+02:00

hi martin. you could start at my post "monasticism in the 21st century" . . . <a href+"http://tallskinnykiwi.typepad.com/tallskinnykiwi/2005/05/monasticism_in_.html">link

thanks Miz. I will try to pull

2009-08-12T16:16:45.873+02:00

thanks Miz. I will try to pull myself away from the massive throng of adoring fans to get over there when i can.

thanks tim. and greg - i rea

2009-08-11T07:31:13.748+02:00

thanks tim. and greg - i really enjoyed Carl Raschke's book Globochrist (and enjoyed meeting him also) and highly recommend it.

thanks kester, look forward to

2009-08-08T13:54:50.830+02:00

thanks kester, look forward to reading the article. blessings!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and i mean that in a truly charismatic sense rather than post-charismatic. think purple and gold flags flutter around your head as i pray with my hands extended and my feet dancing that God will bless you this month and your family. Yes Jesus! Praiseallujah!!!!!!!!!!

hi peter. no offence taken. we

2009-08-08T13:33:18.903+02:00

hi peter. no offence taken. we all have a limited budget here on the mission field and watch our pennies carefully, especially when they come from someone else. i probably would not suggest paying a blogger to travel the globe for a few posts but i would support a missionary traveling the world to advance God's missional purpose through hands-on ministry and then i would hope he or she would put up a few blog posts to add some transparency to their ministry, as well as giving milage to the stories and research and observations that are probably quite valuable. Sanctimonious? You might be right and I will think on it. But from my perspective, if I had to raise money for a pastor to spend 20 hours a week preparing a 30 minute sermon for a single congregation, I would have to compromise my standard and jeapordize my reputation as someone who gives wise and practical direction for the dispersing of mission funds. In fact, we dont have funds for church buildings OR pastoral salaries, let alone the luxury of a 20 hour prep time for a message. But maybe I am too much of a pragmatist? What do you think?

great stuff bill. love the hon

2009-08-07T14:40:47.719+02:00

great stuff bill. love the honesty

hi tim. i agree with a few of

2009-02-13T12:11:50.438+01:00

hi tim. i agree with a few of these and disagree with much more. overseas, where i work as a missionary, most of the new churches we start would be considered "emerging" but they are not "disillusioned " with church - they ARE church. we DO see it as a movement that is at least 20 years old and we see USA as quite behind many other countries. most of us do not think Carson represented the movement well with his book. gibbs and bolger is better. thanks for recommending it.

good thoughts on christianity.

2009-02-11T20:53:39.977+01:00

good thoughts on christianity. thanks.

good conversation regarding ke

2009-02-11T20:35:44.932+01:00

good conversation regarding kevin's talk. and this post also. thanks for your thoughts. good stuff!!

wow - what a wonderful well th

2009-02-11T11:42:42.321+01:00

wow - what a wonderful well thought out blog post. i have skimmed it but i need to spend some time reading it though. i am a big fan of steve taylor the emergent kiwi. "i'll be back" [arnold voice]

free speech for both sides, i

2009-02-05T11:30:21.600+01:00

free speech for both sides, i say.

really funny picture

2009-02-04T10:57:16.283+01:00

really funny picture

looks great. wish i could atte

2009-02-04T10:49:29.512+01:00

looks great. wish i could attend.

good stuff david. another thin

2009-01-29T20:28:15.237+01:00

good stuff david. another thing about teh missional lifestyle is that is a two way thing - was give and we also receive. we bless and are blessed. we transform culture and also find shavings of culture changing who were are. just like Jesus "grew" and was influenced by the culture he incarnated himself in, speaking like a Galilean, "acting as if he was going further" on the Emmaus road like a native would do. mission shaped, you could say.

victoria, this is how i answer

2009-01-28T15:27:45.690+01:00

victoria, this is how i answered that question in 2005. since then, there have been changes and some groups are still doing this but using different names, but its a good place to start.