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Great video from Cologne Germany

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_uz65n74OA&hl=en&fs=1] I thought you all needed to see this. Jason and Sue are great folks and the vision they have for starting churches in Cologne, Germany is great. Its also great to see a video missionary update. I cannot wait to hear about the phone video project he talks about at the end of the video. You can always… Read more →

LEAD in the Church for The City Conference

This sounds like a great conference! LEAD in the Church for the City begins by saying, “Doing ministry in the new global cities is not an easy task. Sure, rural and suburban areas present their own unique challenges, but often it’s the city leader who feels alone in the most influential centers of our world. You are called to stay:… Read more →

Why Microsoft needs competition

This is why Microsoft needs competition. A little more competition would drive them to reconsider the amount of work we have to go through in order to fix the automatic formatting. I posted this because both my wife Leanne and our friend Noelle laughed out loud in agreement. Noelle is here waiting out the storm in Texas. They are suppose… Read more →

Follow up–end of the world in Geneva Rap

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6] I could not help but post this YouTube video about the Large Hadron CERN collider. It speaks for itself. .

Poll from Leadership Journal: Missional Definition

Poll from Leadership Journal: Missional Definition

When Leanne and I were in Pennsylvania we saw that the word missional was being replaced by incarnational. I am not sure this is a one for one match but it does emphasize being Christ to the world around us. In any case, Leanne sent me the new Leadership Journal poll asking us what we think is the definition of… Read more →

End of the world to start in Geneva ;)

End of the world to start in Geneva ;)

“Scientists look at a computer screen at the control centre of the CERN in Geneva September 10, 2008. Scientists at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) started up a huge particle-smashing machine on Wednesday, aiming to re-enact the conditions of the “Big Bang” that created the universe.” (Fabrice Coffrini/Pool/Reuters) When I first read that it sounded like a bad… Read more →

Ch-ch-ch-changes

Ch-ch-ch-changes

Ran back from 6 weeks in Philadelphia, ran back out to 2 weeks in Hungary (Sopron), got back, rolled some sushi with Kate, who is now standing at the door, suitcases in hand ready for her first year in College. Wow. My head is spinning. Our Bible Study group (the ungroup from DCC) met last night to look at Acts… Read more →

Satisfied city living...where?

Satisfied city living…where?

I woke up this morning and bounced around the blogs I like looking for things that are happening in Europe. I ended my morning blog jaunt on the Urban Audit web site. It is a site that evaluates 321 cities in Europe. I found a study called “The Urban Audit Perception Study” that discusses the local perceptions on the quality… Read more →