Category: Emergent/Emerging Churches

At first I thought could it just be me? I dont’t think I’m the only guy who resonates with a big chunk of the stuff in Emergent Village right? Then some emails exchanges transpired. The next thing is three of us young men met up – three pretty good looking I must say (all praise…

Thanks Jason Clark for pointing me to download a load of MP3s here on “The main talks given by Tom Wright at the Future of the People of God conference” (a nice bonus reflection by Jason is good reading too) Another word of thanks to all those at Open Source Theology and Church_SHIFT for making…

Thanks Maggi the link to these timely insights: _____________________________________________ Unlike passive components, such as water molecules, human beings presumably can direct their own interactions. Thus the connectivity of “the church” itself is a dynamic process and not a static map. How we interact with one another becomes one of the defining features in an emergent…

It’s been encouraging so far … slowly but surely some Malaysians who have shown interest in the past (on a personal basis) as well as new people whom I’ve never met (thanks for the emails!) are all “curious” of what the conversation is all about and would like to join the conversation on “What does…

I can’t recall where I got the link (but thanks anyway!) I’ve read some of the free downloads and found them helpful to sharpen my own thinking on these matters. Here’s a quote to help get a gist of what’s in the book … “…what if the Church faced up to its fears, stepped down…

I once asked Jason Clark, “Who’s the Emergent contact in Malaysia?” and he said (I can imagine the smile on his face), “You Are!” … “Oh! I am? …. ok!” After an interesting and encouraging conversation with a more senior and also wiser pastor who’s serving and leading a presbyterian church, I suddenly felt the…

“if you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” ~ African saying I read Brian’s African Report with much interest. Strangely, he went south to Africa, I went North to Germany 🙂 I’m no Brian McLaren and have much less wisdom and insight to contribute *grin*. This humble…

I was drawn to read THREE STRANDS OF EMERGENT THINKING ABOUT CHURCH, and was happy to find there’s a place in the article that encourages “soft voices”. Awesome stuff here! _____________________________ …Building church community is not just a “moral responsibility,” it’s also a formational responsibility, a missional responsibility, a pastoral / incarnational responsibility to care…

Thanks Geoff Holsclaw for the following posts which I’ve printed to read. Wonder how the Asian Theologians are doing … heheh, and I’m in Malaysia … part of Asia. Anyway, nice to see a North American draw from African contributions. This mutual learning (we read you, you read us, we read ourselves, you read yourselves,…

well, I’ll just have to be contented for now by reading the kind efforts of Chris Monroe (love the pictures), someone new to me Bob Carlton (lookingforward to download notes) and a much needed female perspecive by Anna Aven