tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34585212011-04-21T18:19:04.807Zjonnybaker bloguk voice in the global conversation and buzz about alternative worship, mission, postmodernity, emerging church and all thatjonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comBlogger3151100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1068381867445487232003-11-09T12:43:00.000Z2003-11-09T12:44:24.900Zjonnybaker is now blogging at http://jonnybaker.blogs.com/jonnybaker/ please change your links and visit me there...jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1068381704176732292003-11-09T12:36:00.000Z2003-11-09T12:41:41.670Zthis blog ends here today! i'm moving to typepad. why? well... after a year and a half on a free old blogger template i'm ready to shift up a gear. i like what typepad offers - especially the categories, photo albums, comments and trackbacks, rss capabilities, ftp included etc... i am going to leave this blog out there in the ether so all the existing links will not be lost BUT please change yourjonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1068198626673478182003-11-07T09:48:00.000Z2003-11-07T09:50:24.323Zthis made me laugh. daniel blogged about it and you can order shirts here. apologies in advance to anyone who is offended but i still think it's hilarious!jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1068062436886916052003-11-05T20:00:00.000Z2003-11-05T20:00:35.443Zi very rarely blog about football but yesterday's result simply has to be mentioned : lazio 0 chelsea 4 !!!!!!! read morejonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1068047589919331472003-11-05T15:53:00.000Z2003-11-05T15:54:31.240Zemergingchurch.info has had it's monthly update of stories and reflections. i love the site already - i am really excited that after just a couple of months there are some great stories and brilliant pieces. e-merging by paul thomson is my favourite i think, but there are loads of good things.... the discussion boards have also taken off well. go and join if you haven't already. hadge for examplejonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1068046638380129282003-11-05T15:37:00.000Z2003-11-05T17:54:51.833Zcaught up with tallskinnykiwi. he was passing through at the emergent conference in london. i popped in for a half hour to see what was happening (too busy to take the time out to be there for three days) and happily my visit co-incided with andrew's. he stayed last night and we chatted into the early hours. then followed it on this morning in what has to be one of london's finest little cafés - jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1068046302410701812003-11-05T15:31:00.000Z2003-11-05T15:31:40.540Zgot sent a gushing glowing review of our last album spirit of the new by mike rimmer at crossrhythms magazine. a bit embarrassing (but not so much as to not mention it on the blog :-) )jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1067876318606153142003-11-03T15:55:00.000Z2003-11-03T16:22:10.540Zjust a reminder that this saturday is grace's tenth birthday. from 4:30-6:00pm we are open for families/kids with birthday cake at 5:30pm. there will be installations etc... then the main party/service/alt worship is at 8pm followed by fireworks, bubbly, cake, VJs and DJs.ten years firestarter chillout incense undeserved favour muslin rembrandt desert labyrinth bitter sweet ibook icons ikea ice jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1067852829204312132003-11-03T09:30:00.000Z2003-11-03T09:47:07.610Zwas in coventry this weekend for the cms festival inspire to witness. ran the labyrinth all day saturday which was the first time for a while. it was very busy - reminded me of what a wonderful experience it is. good to cath up with matt cryer who led the labyrinth uk cathedral tour... coventry cathedral is amazing - very modern but has the most amazing pieces of art and stained glass. the old jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1067554842561195322003-10-30T22:59:00.000Z2003-10-30T23:00:41.860Ztallskinnykiwi now blogging here....jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1067546864768453352003-10-30T20:43:00.000Z2003-10-30T23:10:14.760Zmike yaconelli was killed in a car accident last night. he was founder of youth specialties, a greenbelt favourite speaker who manged to make you laugh and cry and feel inspired all at once, cheeky, fun, a writer, a prophet, said it how it was, a storyteller.... youth ministry has lost one of its heroes. what a sad day. youth specialties site has more info and space for people to add their jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1067418039766418712003-10-29T09:00:00.000Z2003-10-29T09:03:16.673Zgot to visit two bill viola exhibitions as well (what a few days eh?! - come and live in london). i mentioned these last week in anticipation. the first is at a small gallery the haunch of venison and is a piece called the hall of whispers. there is a darkened hallway and on either side are a total of ten video projections of people with their eyes closed and their mouths gagged. you hear the jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1067417763126166542003-10-29T08:55:00.000Z2003-10-29T08:58:27.910Ztalllankybaker standing by one of banksy's stencils that we spotted on the south bank! (it says this is not a photo opportunity on a bin in front of the tate)went back to see the weather installation at the tate as the boys hadn't seen it. the way we went was via st pauls tube which means that you walk past st pauls cathedral and then across the milenium bridge to the tate. in the pic you can seejonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1067417655747797482003-10-29T08:54:00.000Z2003-10-29T19:41:47.043Zit's amazing how a couple of days off can refresh you... a weekend with friends in bath and a day with joel and harry visiting some galleries in london has done me the world of good. bath is an amazing place. as well as being a beautiful city, all round it you can be in gorgeous countryside within 5 minutes in almost any direction. living in london, you get to appreciate countryside in a jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1067244807517316992003-10-27T08:34:00.000Z2003-10-29T19:42:58.480Zjon birch has put up a wonderful web site showcasing his work. it's a great portfolio. jon is one of the team behind proost. illustration, design, logos, flash animation, music production, web design... - all these are talents up jon's sleeve. with the web site up, the rest of the world can now see what a genius he is. if you've got any work needing doing you know who to call... one of my jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1067160499444049122003-10-26T09:20:00.000Z2003-10-26T09:31:01.970Zcongrats to seb and sam who were married on friday. it was a fab wedding. it was also a first for me in that i was invited to run visuals during the wedding. i enjoyed the challenge and used arkaos. i have put a few screen grabs to the left. i put together a few transparent word slides such as 1+1=1 | one | flesh of my flesh and overlaid other video loops. seemed to work pretty well. one of my jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1066946143394943692003-10-23T21:55:00.000Z2003-10-23T22:02:38.756Zworld studio foundation, based in new york, joins up social activism with art and design in some pretty cool ways. one of the ways they have done this is to link young people up with designers to mentor them in producing some art. one of the issues they have picked up on is prejudice and the young people have produced some fantastic work. there are two pieces in particular that struck me. the jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1066837359744158042003-10-22T15:33:00.000Z2003-10-22T15:48:25.330Zworship trick 59i while back i mentioned the fantastic stuff on the creative review dvd. the frustration with it is that you can only get it if you subscribe to the magazine. so i have been keeping an eye out for any of the bits i mentioned. anyway by a stroke of luck (or divine providence:-)) i came across the lemonjelly ducks video as a quicktime video. it is simply wonderful. i am adding it asjonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1066815722432089142003-10-22T09:38:00.000Z2003-10-22T09:45:12.463Zavant garde, a gathering of 'l'église en devenir', takes place in france this friday and saturday. hope it goes well guys. wish i was there... but seb (who was with us at the last paris gathering) is getting married on the friday so i'll be there (and am looking forward to it)... so say a prayer for him and sam when you get to the centre of the chartres labyrinth!talking of new looks (shaved jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1066747786921625152003-10-21T14:48:00.000Z2003-10-21T14:50:45.680Zi don't think i have ever posted a picture of myself on the blog... but today is an exception. after having had a goatee for 8 years i decided to shave it off on sunday morning - why? i don't know.... anyway in case you wanted to see the result here it is - smooth eh? (and cold!)jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1066726436729531632003-10-21T08:53:00.000Z2003-10-21T08:54:37.133Zbanksy has been up to mischief again (thanks dave)!jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1066725696888447412003-10-21T08:30:00.000Z2003-10-21T08:47:32.590Zi have blogged about bill viola before (see an earlier entry on the 5 angels of the millenium). well londoners are currently being blessed with an abundance of viola! as well as the angels still being at the tate modern (until jan 2004), there are two new exhibitions just opened. one is the passions at the national gallery, (as well an earlier piece that i haven't yet seen 'the crossing'). the jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1066724427395532212003-10-21T08:18:00.000Z2003-10-21T08:22:55.546Zthis graphic from the princes trust caught my eye... jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1066666134194564262003-10-20T16:05:00.000Z2003-10-21T14:46:08.433Zthere is so much stuff to see in london at the moment! no doubt you'll have caught up with this somewhere else already but the latest piece at the tate modern filling the turbine hall is a piece called the weather and it seems to be a great success. i popped down there at lunchtime today. you can read about it here and steve has posted some of his pics of it on smallritual (i forgot to take a jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1066665896819364472003-10-20T16:03:00.000Z2003-10-20T16:04:56.890Zworld silence over muslims slain is a pretty thoughtful piece from paul marshall - (thanks for the info dicky if you're reading)...jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1066396511122463382003-10-17T13:14:00.000Z2003-10-17T13:18:59.720Zit seems that people blogging from the uk is on the increase which is great to see. some i have come across recently...danwaltersbenaskewwee beautiful picton the subject of which the guardian are running a uk weblog awards 2003jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1066396414355053962003-10-17T13:12:00.000Z2003-10-17T13:13:34.366Zquestion of the day for bishops:are you an anglican or an anglicant?jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1066305707223357752003-10-16T11:57:00.000Z2003-10-16T15:48:46.433Zi have added two new articles by me to that section on the left hand side of the blog. i wrote them both several years ago for third way but have just looked at their web site and found they are online.they are both commentaries on a biblical text. the first looks at jeremiah 28 and revival. the second looks at the text the kingdom of god is forcefully adavncing and forceful men lay hold of it jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1066158428502816182003-10-14T19:06:00.000Z2003-10-14T19:20:21.350Zworship trick 58apologies if this excludes some but it's still worth a mention. found a site today that is set up as a fileshare for flash - there are quite a few little animations you can download. they might be especially useful if you are into VJing with something like arkaos where you can use swf files. anyway the ones that caught my eye were the text ones which are set up so that you can jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1066037748968738302003-10-13T09:33:00.000Z2003-10-13T09:35:48.750Zyou may have guessed i'm having a catch up on the blogosphere....loved this from stevedownunder's post/rant on people asking why more people aren't 'saved' in emerging church:Honey, who shrunk the gospel? Jesus died so that all the broken and dislocated pieces of the Universe might be put back together (Colossians 1:18). I refuse to be part of reducing that to individual salvation.
jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1066036146301931032003-10-13T09:03:00.000Z2003-10-13T09:10:27.113Zanother great reflection/pic on network church on the wonderful jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1065979850550739202003-10-12T17:30:00.000Z2003-10-12T17:31:54.903Zalways good to get some new music. big chill always produce a summer compilation. ichill is this year's and just arrived in the post. it's as laid back and horizontal as ever (they do seem to get more hippyish by the day!!!) - sounds great on a first listen...was at a day in exeter yesterday on worship entitled 'unity and diversity' - about 500 people were there with a range of seminars and jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1065734292317036972003-10-09T21:10:00.000Z2003-10-09T21:27:57.250Zhave been keeping an eye on the discussion boards at emergingchurch.info and as a result neglecting my blog! couldn't let a week pass without a post so...some great links on funky furniture on smallritual as steve continues his dreams of reinventing church space . came across japanese youth church network . darren has started a photolog for.... photos!off to hove tomorrow (a place in sussex on jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1065199337820301742003-10-03T16:29:00.000Z2003-10-03T16:44:06.576Zworship trick 56 (and the rest....)
one of the areas you can never get enough stuff for worship is good quality visual images. i love worship services where something is projected or flickering on a screen or painted. anyway this work i cam across a dvd that is packed with goodies. the bad news is that it is hard to get hold of.... creative review is a design magazine you may have come across. jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1064953286888669452003-09-30T20:21:00.000Z2003-09-30T20:24:48.953Z emergingchurch.info is a new emerging church web site. it's a place for stories of what is happening, reflections on what is emerging, discussion on anything and everything related to emerging church on the sites discussion boards, a selection of blogs and the obligatory links. i am excited about the site - do visit, join in the discussion, bookmark it, tell others, blog about it, and if you arejonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1064909300420527042003-09-30T08:07:00.000Z2003-09-30T08:12:28.583ZAoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae.
The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm.
Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
amzanig huh?
(thanks jon for mailingjonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1064825051770135702003-09-29T08:43:00.000Z2003-09-29T08:44:11.310Zon a lighter note to some of the recent posts, a friend of mine rocky (mark roques) has got a new book out fields of god that is subtitled football and the kingdom of god. written with partner in crime jim tickner, it is a deceptively good book. it is very amusing, written in a cheeky style, but packed with theological nous - a very very good take on what the kingdom of god is about... if you're jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1064783080659137632003-09-28T21:04:00.000Z2003-09-28T21:13:12.330Zi admit i'm surprised - why?... because not a single person seems to have disagreed with my last post. this was also the amazing thing at NEAC itself - everyone i spoke to seemd to think the same way about it.... i agree that what i have reacted to is a part of evangelicalism, but as i have said in the comments off the last post the world and church would be a better place if we could just lose jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1064395879538229892003-09-24T09:31:00.000Z2003-09-24T09:34:28.106Zi was doing a seminar at NEAC - the get together of anglican evangelicals in blackpool. i can honestly say it was the most depressing day of my year so far!!!!! after 10 minutes i came out convinced that i am not an evangelical. everyone says that being evangelical is about beliefs - salvation through jesus, the bible as the word of god etc (which i have no problem with) but it's not about that. jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1064332964030523992003-09-23T15:58:00.000Z2003-09-23T16:03:27.880Zyou may remember me blogging about emerging church in france and a get together in paris. well due to strikes at the time part of the conference was postponed - well it's now happening on 24 and 25 october. sadly i can't make it (which is terrible because my belgian beer supplies from last time have now run dry!) but check avant garde for the details - it looks like including a visit to chartres jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1064332543844358042003-09-23T15:44:00.001Z2003-09-23T15:56:26.946Zcontinuing the relations with down under have bumped into alan hirsch who facilitates/leads (or whatever term is suitable) the forge network of networks. i really liked alan and what they are up to... it's always hard to get a proper take from afar but it seems they are really doing good stuff. then today i had lunch with stephen said, one of the guys who run phuture (which i must add as a link..jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1064332319734019202003-09-23T15:44:00.000Z2003-09-23T15:51:59.170Zcontinuing the relations with down under have bumped into alan hirsch who facilitates/leads (or whatever term is suitable) the forge network of networks. i really liked alan and what they are up to... it's always hard to get a proper take from afar but it seems they are really doing good stuff. then today i had lunch with stephen said, one of the guys who run phuture (which i must add as a link..jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1063828094426672182003-09-17T19:45:00.000Z2003-09-17T19:50:24.050Zhad a fab evening eating, drinking and chatting outside by the fire with darren and vanessa from living room in melbourne. one of the things we chatted about was whether emerging church was just another male thing - hopefully it isn't... it certainly shouldn't be or something's gone wrong. but we certainly need more female voices and leaders and bloggers.... anyway coincidentally was delighted tojonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1063733509257580792003-09-16T17:30:00.000Z2003-09-16T17:33:41.490Zinspire is a weekend festival in coventry from 31 october to 2 november. all the details of what is happening are on the web site. you can either book in for the weekend or buy in to individual days. it's aimed at young adults (15+) - no upper limit really. it's all connected around mission - with seminars, celebrations, performances, club night, etc... i'm particularly looking forward to the jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1063645061496996442003-09-15T16:55:00.000Z2003-09-15T16:58:41.996ZListenwith the night falling we are saying thank youwe are stopping on the bridge to bow from the railingswe are running out of the glass roomswith our mouths full of food to look at the skyand say thank youwe are standing by the water looking outin different directionsback from a series of hospitals back from a muggingafter funerals we are saying thank youafter the news of the deadwhether or notjonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1063644475749035172003-09-15T16:46:00.000Z2003-09-15T16:47:55.676Zhave added mootblog to the list of blogs. i've blogged about moot before i'm sure... but glad to see they've entered the blogosphere....jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1063568867886536582003-09-14T19:41:00.000Z2003-09-14T19:51:29.483Zgrace last night was the first one back in the newly refurbished church of st marys. we've been meeting in the hall for the last year. the new building has been restored to its vibrant colour scheme, the pews are gone, and there's a lovely stone floor.... still it's quite a challenge to work out how to use the space now. anyway for the first service back in we decided to use the chancel which jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1063299904800802212003-09-11T17:04:00.000Z2003-09-11T17:05:04.876Ztuesday night saw the first screening of jump london which was a documentary of three guys bringing the art of parkour to 14 of london's famous buildings/landmarks. it was simply stunning... parkour is the art of using your surroundings as a playground to leap across and navigate in creative and playful ways. for these guys it included leaping across rooftops, breathtaking handstands on the edge jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1063220255022366112003-09-10T18:57:00.000Z2003-09-10T18:57:34.893Zgrace this saturday - we have maggi dawn leading us in an ambient mass - can't wait!jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1063220075488188882003-09-10T18:54:00.000Z2003-09-10T18:54:35.320Zadbusters have a new campaign to unswoosh nike by launching a new sneaker/trainer shoe. you can read all about it at blackspotsneaker.org where you can order your own shoe and join the campaign...jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1062789904499630352003-09-05T19:25:00.000Z2003-09-05T19:29:36.990Z grace has been going ten years in november!!!! all this talk of emerging church... well maybe we've emerged? it's been a fantastic jounrney - we're having a party/service/alt worship celebration to celebrate. lots of others have joined us at various moments on the journey often travelling from far flung places to visit. we'd love to extend the invite to TEN as wide as possible. so if you live jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1062611478773942002003-09-03T17:51:00.000Z2003-09-03T17:51:18.793Zwent to the Playstation Experience exhibition at earls court on saturday. i didn't actually play on a single game - went to take the kids. but it was inspiring nonetheless. there was an evaluation form and on it you were asked what you had enjoyed the most - i think i was probably the only person who put 'furniture' as their reply!!!! it was a wonderfully designed exhibition. pretty much jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1062518772675897442003-09-02T16:06:00.000Z2003-09-02T16:08:17.796Zfuture shape of church is worth a look... designed by ed green with articles, stories etc...free leonard sweet book to download quantum spirituality which i have yet to read but at least it is free!worship trick 54 stations of the cross seems to have caught the current mood for ancient spiritual treasures in the tradition that lots of people are doing at easter. we did this at grace last easter jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1062432763781837792003-09-01T16:12:00.000Z2003-09-01T16:18:32.016ZJust got sent a copy of Losing My Religion? Moving on from Evangelical Faith by Gordon Lynch. It's a short book, written it seems from a pastoral point of view aiming to help those struggling or with evangelical churches to move on in their journey of faith. To state the obvious it seems to be worth getting if that's where you are at or to give to someone who is there. It includes interviews withjonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1062166896808939422003-08-29T14:21:00.000Z2003-08-29T14:21:36.850Zthanks paul roberts for a wonderful review of alternative worship in this week's church timesjonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1062094879925116352003-08-28T18:21:00.000Z2003-08-29T08:22:21.970Zmore on greenbelt and worship trick 52 and 53...a mix of a highlight and scary challenge was organising the communion service for sunday morning. greenbelt was very involved in profiling the brilliant trade justice campaign so it seemed a good idea to try and do a communion in the spirit of protest. christ's death was perhaps the ultimate act of protest against the powers so it seemed entirely jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1061920540199276202003-08-26T17:55:00.000Z2003-08-26T17:59:29.193Zgreenbelt 2003... just back, feeling knackered but was a fab year. it was honestly the best programme/lineup for several years ending in style with the polyphonic spree and billy bragg on monday night. you can catch some photos here. i guess it will take a few days to get my thoughts together and maybe it is easier to digest if it is blogged in small bits. i'm also sure others will be adding jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1061415246257427812003-08-20T21:34:00.000Z2003-08-20T21:37:45.676Zback from france! weird to return to a blog after over two weeks absence. i resisted the temptation to blog on holiday (not that difficult!). fab time - good food, drink, weather, sun, pool sea, tan etc... not that any of you want to know about that...as well as chilling out a real highlight was visiting chartres cathedral for the first time and seeing the labyrinth there in the stonework in the jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1059909895436697772003-08-03T11:24:00.000Z2003-08-03T11:28:18.283Zpictoplasma is a great web site full of lots of characters. there's also a book pictoplasma which is an extensive collection of contemporary character design with contributions from artists, designers, animators and production companies worldwide. good fun!another link someone sent me which i've seen on a couple of other blogs is a weird matrix meets table tennis sequence but it's very amusing!amjonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1059811851220312162003-08-02T08:10:00.000Z2003-08-02T08:10:51.273Zgreat article from walter kirn, GQ's literary editor, on the parallel universe of the christian subculture in the USA. amusing but also depressing! (thanks kelli)What makes the stuff so half-assed, so thin, so weak and cumulatively so demoralizing (even to me, a sympathetic journalist who'd secretly love to play the brash contrarian and rate the Left Behind books above Tom Clancy) has nothing to jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1059639614942501702003-07-31T08:20:00.000Z2003-07-31T08:21:17.526Zhaving a catch up flicking through some blogs i regularly look at i noticed a rant by jordon cooper has been highlighted by several people. anyway i followed it up and it is simply brilliant so whilst recognising that lots of you may have caught wind of this already, for those of you that haven't, jordon rants here on seeking goes digital... church stays analogue. this seems very tied in to pete jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1059591852065244432003-07-30T19:04:00.000Z2003-07-30T19:04:12.126Zthe labyrinth web site has had tour pictures updated at last! see the lab in various cathedrals round the uk. go here and click on the photographs button. the madonna was even spotted listening to the soundtrack in wakefield!...jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1059327332341103372003-07-27T17:35:00.000Z2003-07-27T17:39:09.473Zever wondered who the genius behind online labyrinth, rejesus, and embody is? well i found this hilarious shot of bruce on his embody site... mmmmm!!!one thing of his i've not mentioned on here before (i think) is his set of 25 prayer exercises such as a sand triquetra (see pic). they are really good and yes you guessed it they are worship trick 51...jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1059326208770520732003-07-27T17:16:00.000Z2003-07-27T17:16:48.813Zcongrats to lance armstrong on the incredible achievement of winning 5 tours de france in a row. it has been a fantastic race this year. i confess that i've been sad enough to have been videoing the late night footage (for some sad reason it hasn't been on terrestrial tv other than at 1:30am) and watching it first thing in the morning before heading off to work! he now joins the elite group who jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1059120482564949872003-07-25T08:08:00.000Z2003-07-25T08:08:02.650Zto follow the labyrinth as it develops in australia see labyrinthaustralia blog (for those of you who don't follow the comments). i have added it into my blog list....jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1058972418916363672003-07-23T15:00:00.000Z2003-07-23T15:13:59.526Za few people have mailed me to say that the links in my articles to labyrinth dissertation and alternative worship and popular culture weren't working. these are now fixed... talking of labyrinths, the labyrinth is rolling on apace. the two year uk tour is pretty much finished now. but it is being launched in wales with an adapted design and the cds translated into welsh which i'm looking forwardjonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1058642705490286842003-07-19T19:25:00.000Z2003-07-25T08:01:04.413Zvisited banksy's turfwar exhibition today and it was inspirational as expected...how about this for a quote on vandals from his book 'existencilism'?twisted little people go out every day and deface this great city. leaving their idiotic little scribblings, invading communities and making people feel dirty and used. they just take, take, take and they don't put anything back. they're mean and jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1058463640001833852003-07-17T17:40:00.000Z2003-07-23T08:24:55.400Zrachel has come up with this idea of a digital quilt where anyone can send in a 100 x 100 pixel image that will be added to her digital quilt which is explained here and you can see its progress so far herei've put together a square - the pic is of a hard drive that was damaged. lose your memory and seems like everything is lost... but why not send rachel a square to add to the quilt? and i'm jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1058459363672685872003-07-17T16:29:00.000Z2003-07-17T16:30:17.180Zmade me laugh seeing this pic of darren rowse in australia with his newly arrived alternatve worship book and CD rom - enjoy!!! jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1058443988319224602003-07-17T12:13:00.000Z2003-07-17T12:13:08.370Zbanksy has got an exhibition of his stencilling etc in london for three days from tomorrow. this sounds like a must. the secret location has just been revealed as 479-483 kingsland road, london e8 . banksy usually keeps his head down but the guardian have scooped an interview with him here. (mark, if you are reading, even you should get down to london for this one after your earlier jibes about jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1058339505264730382003-07-16T07:11:00.000Z2003-07-16T07:18:10.056Zi don't often blog about family/personal things, but there's always room for exceptions. congratulations to harry (my son for those who don't know) whose school team, christchurch, reached the national finals of kwikcricket for his age group. out of 55 000 children originally it was now down to the last 16 teams - and to cut a long story short (the medal kind of gives it away!) christchurch won jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1058219032711886942003-07-14T21:43:00.000Z2003-07-14T21:44:41.026Zthe word evangelical is now firmly linked in the public imagination with intolerance and bigotry. How did it come to this?thus speaks giles fraser in a commentary in today's guardian. i have refrained from comment so far on this whole debate - all seems a bit too sad and depressing. but i have said almost exactly this line to several people in the last week. anyway's it's a pretty interesting jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1058218414541672432003-07-14T21:33:00.000Z2003-07-14T21:34:32.776ZA few quotes from rowan williams address to synod:In all kinds of places, the parochial system is working remarkably. It's just that we are increasingly aware of the contexts where it simply isn't capable of making an impact, where something has to grow out of it or alongside it, not as a rival (why do we cast so much of our Christian life in terms of competition?) but as an attempt to answer jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1058128397552711322003-07-13T20:33:00.000Z2003-07-13T20:33:17.600Zwas at an open day for re:source on saturday. re:source is a course that is being set up to train people involved in church planting in the emerging culture. it runs over a series of weekends over a period of just over a year along with web forums etc. details are on the site. the course starts in november so not too late to sign up even if you missed the open day! there is so much around that jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1057872364963573932003-07-10T21:26:00.000Z2003-07-10T21:27:25.933Zever wanted to be able to send bulk sms/text messages to mobile/cell phones without having to do it from your phone? well it can be done from the computer - not news to a lot of you i'm sure. but it can end up expensive. however some entrepreneurs led by no less than seb apostol (his surname rather than his spiritual status) have solved your problem. visit txtevents and you can bulk buy messages jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1057753714586190102003-07-09T12:28:00.000Z2003-07-09T12:28:34.580Zgreenbelt lineup looks really impressive this year!!! just been announced that polyphonic spree are playing, alongside the likes of billy bragg, aqualung, and umoja. anita roddick is joining the speaking on the monday where there is a special focus on trade justice. details on the rest of the lineup are here see you there....jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1057748071870873732003-07-09T10:54:00.000Z2003-07-09T10:55:25.096Zspotted reviews of journey - labyrinth cd rom and labyrinth and old hymns in dub on SU's churchathome. jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1057698928364709972003-07-08T21:15:00.000Z2003-07-08T21:15:28.423Zarkaos have launched version 3 of the VJ software!!!jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1057698644781474012003-07-08T21:10:00.000Z2003-07-08T21:11:54.126Zthe guardian newspaper had a section put together by teenagers yesterday. i thought it was fab... a real highlight was sam wetherall's rewrite harry potter and the philosopher's stoned giving HP a more truly teenage persona (and vocabulary!).also in the guardian this week was news of the bill viola exhibition at the national gallery from october this year - read here. jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1057591726385537192003-07-07T15:28:00.000Z2003-07-09T08:18:10.350Za couple of weeks back i was raving about adbusters and mentioned that james trafford from l8r, an alternative worship community in north west london, had got a letter published. well finally i've got round to quoting a bit of it as worship trick 49...We sit in a circle and pass around a glass of Coca-Cola, each sipping some as we read these words: 'Is this the blood of Christ, or the blood of jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1057591540539901212003-07-07T15:25:00.000Z2003-07-07T15:26:36.136Zwas at another discussion on liquid church on friday at oasis hosted by church.co.uk! was pleased that pete ward didn't repeat stuff i'd heard him do before but offered a few new musings. one that particularly struck me was, in talking about a liquid/fluid environment, he commented that often producers think that meaning resides with them, but in fact it doesn't - it resides with the ways that jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1057298130061031252003-07-04T05:55:00.000Z2003-07-04T05:55:30.073Zhad a catch up with flicker and found a superb article beginners video on practically setting up tvs and videos to use in worship. it really is good. i have added it as an article in my list....i also noticed a list of sixteen ideas for shooting video which i have added as worship trick 48jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1057296348548577922003-07-04T05:25:00.000Z2003-07-04T05:25:48.643Zgo to google and type in weapons of mass destruction to search. click on the i'm feeling lucky button and read carefully what looks like an error message. in case the lucky option changes the direct url is here.jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1057181815440502282003-07-02T21:36:00.000Z2003-07-02T21:36:55.436Zin case you haven't noticed in the comments john davies posted a comment after the post mentioning brick testament on the so called turner prize of the north with an entry from artists who have reworked damien hirst's shark in formaldehyde in lego!!!! fantastic stuff....jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1057180861794473592003-07-02T21:21:00.000Z2003-07-02T21:21:01.870Zhad the privilege of hearing john taverner's the veil of the temple last night. it was an incredible experience. i wouldn't want you to think i've suddenly got all cultured or anything but someone kindly gave me some tickets!!! it wasn't the full version (which lasts all night) but 2 out of the 8 parts which lasted a couple of hours. it was in the temple church in london which i hadn't visited jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1056723085207588702003-06-27T14:11:00.000Z2003-06-27T14:11:31.410Zone of the fun things about running a blog is that people send you links to stuff... here's a few i've been sent recentlybrick testament (which i have blogged about before) . interrupt, wmd, and rummy (all animations from markfiore.com . bush and blair do gaybar.also a new blogger from new brunswick is andrew hodge...jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1056640812953861392003-06-26T15:20:00.000Z2003-06-26T15:21:17.323Za year or two back tony jones came to visit when he was researching for a book on youth ministry that was looking at classic spiritual disciplines. in particular we chatted about the labyrinth. well the book has just come out published by youth specialties called soul shaper: exploring spirituality and contemplative practices for youth ministry. i think it's a really significant book and a jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1056391662158433512003-06-23T18:07:00.000Z2003-06-23T18:10:39.553Zworship trick 47arkaos is a VJ programme. i mentioned it a whle back. but whilst in canada i have been trying it out for presentations and it really is good!!! thanks to andrew jones for putting me onto it. the way it works is that you can put either still images or movies (quicktime or swf) in a visuals window. you then simply drag these onto a key on a visual representation of your keyboard. jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1056308539772581972003-06-22T19:02:00.000Z2003-06-23T10:38:50.826Zblogging from fredericton airport waiting to fly home. catching up on e-mail etc at the airport. anyway whilst looking around noticed steve had posted a prayer from the last grace service on the trinity. taking its cue from de la soul it's entitled three is the magic number and is on his blog. i've pasted the text below as i don't know how to make a direct link that will stay. it's worship trick jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1056135003485522932003-06-20T18:50:00.000Z2003-06-20T18:50:03.343Zhave just travelled from fredericton to saint john. caught sight of a moose on the way. not a big deal for canadians but fun for us!! the clergy college for the diocese of fredericton went really well. i must admit i had no idea what to expect and as it's such a rural diocese was thinking that me coming from london and all that would have nothing relevant to offer. but pete's teaching and the jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1055700847554952612003-06-15T18:14:00.000Z2003-06-15T18:17:05.763Zfantastic news! the outstandingly creative and poignant adbusters magazine has got a UK launch!!! so it should be available in smiths, newsagents etc... - get to your nearest one and ask them to stock it. plus the may/june issue which is the launch one over here has a stunning CD live without dead time. it is a protest album put together by DJ Spooky - his tracks alone are worth the four pounds jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1055536900225786782003-06-13T20:41:00.000Z2003-06-13T20:41:40.180Zoff to canada on monday for a week with pete ward to do some training for the clergy and youth ministers from the diocese of fredericton - be teaching on a mix of liquid church, alternative worship, and youth ministry..... looking forward to it.jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-1055536646594484042003-06-13T20:37:00.000Z2003-06-13T20:42:49.876Zgrace tomorrow is on the trinity. we have artist paul hobbs visiting and bringing some of his work including a triptych of the trinity. this should be a wonderful evening... 8pm start. couldn't find much on paul his work on the web but there is a short piece here.jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-954729552003-06-09T17:46:00.000Z2003-06-09T17:47:41.000Z'hail to the thief', the new radiohead album is out in the uk today! i have been disciplined and resisted going and buying it as i've probably spent my quota of spare cash this month in paris and beyond... so imagine my delight to find it as a present from jen with a card when i got in this evening - thanks!xx it's now playing - opening line of the album is are you such a dreamer? to put the jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-954580092003-06-09T09:47:00.000Z2003-06-09T17:38:10.000Zsmallritual has some new pictures exploring liquid church...jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-953608152003-06-06T06:59:00.000Z2003-06-06T06:59:50.000Zjonathan raises the question of whether i'd say the same things about mission in france if i'd lived there. good question (i can't possibly answer it) - probably not. they were only meant as thoughts/observations from an outsider. he also asks whether we can trust our 'missiological instincts'... which is an even better question - mmmmm.jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-953287202003-06-05T14:48:00.000Z2003-06-05T15:43:54.000Zback from paris...so much to think about, so many reflections. the thing about blogging is it's immediate top of the head stuff most of the time. having met the people we met and reflected on mission, france and the emerging church ('l'eglise en devenir') it kind of feels like i need to come up with thoughts a little more profound than usual. but if i wait around i'll probably never post anythingjonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-951315602003-05-31T21:25:00.000Z2003-05-31T21:25:40.810Zoff to paris in the morning for avant garde emerging church get together. looking forwrad to cathing up with andrew jones and matt glock. the strike in paris has meant a rejigged programme but the best thing is always meeting people and there will plenty of chance for that no doubt....jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-950900302003-05-30T18:05:00.000Z2003-05-30T18:05:38.660Zhave added cre8d blog to the list of blogs. those of you following the web of blogs may be interested to see some of the faces that go with the blogs here. if you're not there (paul, mark, hadge, steve, john..... and others) why not buzz an e-mail and get on the grid?!jonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3458521.post-949319292003-05-27T08:48:00.000Z2003-05-28T08:05:53.000Zanno domini is an exhibition in the virtual museum of canada of a series of images of representations of jesus. there are some great names for christ such as the poet of the spirit and the monk who rules the world . thanks jordan for posting this as a comment after the last post. thought i'd mention it here as not everyone may check the comments.a few other links i have found or been mentioned tojonnyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09372061279563040471noreply@blogger.com