Comments on: Goodbye, for now | New Book

By: Alastair McGowan

Alastair McGowan — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 08:03:18 +0000

Sounds like a great book. Will go and read it. I have long wondered why the church has been so hierarchical, given Jesus’ anarchic leanings. Vive the coming ecological age when all will be networked scale-free and controlled by the spirit and authority within.

By: Br. Jay

Br. Jay — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:08:27 +0000

Thank you for your blog, and God bless you and keep you.

By: PerryLR

PerryLR — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 01:19:27 +0000

I enjoyed the book. I was intellectually challenged. I think there were only a couple of places where I wrote, “I disagree”, in the margins. Hopefully I be able to incorporate much of what you wrote into our alternative faith community.

By: Andii

Andii — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:53:52 +0000

Hi Kester, I’m not sure how best to get hold of you; hope this works and is alright (the topic seemed roughly right for what follows).
I’m trying to get hold of people willing to do seminars on emerging church and pioneering related matters for ordinands. If you would be up for considering this further get back to me, prob better at a.bowsher [at] stjohns-nottm.ac.uk
All the best …

By: suzanna

suzanna — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:48:20 +0000

Good thinking-
God Bless you with joy and insight. Feel his Love. Know it too.
Peace!

By: Steve Lancaster

Steve Lancaster — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 17:22:17 +0000

If you’ve not already read it, can I recommend to you “The Feeling of What Happens: body, emotion and the making of consciousness” by Antonio Damasio, Vintage, 2000?
Powerful cutting edge work from a neuroscientist, not to mention a beautiful read, which might give your theological meditation on consciousness good grist to work with.
Not an easy topic, but embedded in this book is the idea that consciousness emerges (at least in part) as a homeostatic function. Church has not been good at homeostasis – too close an idea to being neither hot nor cold, but lukewarm. But the middle way has scriptural precedent – the narrow gate in the middle of the wall, for example.

By: Gary Manders

Gary Manders — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:40:49 +0000

Looking forward to tracking the development of your new book. Thanks for the stimulating thoughts up to this moment.

By: Peter Rollins

Peter Rollins — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:39:56 +0000

Kester, you are the man. Can’t wait to see more of your stuff and really glad you haven’t moved on from doing theology (something I worried about, we keep losing the best).

By: Paul Fromont

Paul Fromont — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:14:24 +0000

Thanks Kester. I’ve been provoked and encouraged by much on your blog over the years.

By: Dana Ames

Dana Ames — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:52:52 +0000

Thanks Kester, much appreciated. Hope for all good things with the new book, new blog, family and produce from your allotment…
Dana