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Emergent, emerging, emergent? | Is Signs ‘Just Another Emerging Church Book’?

No this isn’t a lesson in Latin conjugation… but language and its evolving meanings are important. With the release of the book, people have been wondering if this is just ‘another emerging church book’. I’d like to answer that with an emphatic no! Part of the reason for that is, I feel less and less [...]

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Wikiklesia: Voices from the Virtual World

I am really pleased to have been able to contribute a chapter to a great new book: ‘Voices from the Virtual World’. It’s been put together under the umbrella of ‘Wikiklesia’, which is a collaborative publishing project. "Voices of the Virtual World explores the growing influence of technology on the global Christian church. In this [...]

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Book | Endorsements

I’ve just received a copy of the book from Baker, and I have to say it looks great – thanks to everyone who’s worked so hard to get it to the shelves! I’m also very thankful for the great endorsements that the book carries – thank you all so much! I liked them so much [...]

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Dave Eggers | Valentino Achak Deng | Sudan

I went to hear Dave Eggers in conversation with Valentino Achak Deng at the ICA this evening. It was wonderful, moving and sad and funny. Deng was one of the Lost Boys in Sudan. After his town was pillaged by militias, he got separated from his family and joined 4000 or so other young boys [...]

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Spiritual Failings of An ‘Emerging Leader’ 3 | Literary Hypocrisy | God’s Ultimate Passion

There are a couple of book projects I’ve got on the go at the moment. ‘Signs of Emergence’ is coming out in July, and there’s been some work to do on getting final edits and, more dirtily, getting endorsements. And I’m still in a rolling process of re-drafting and sending out to agents a novel [...]

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Jordon Cooper Review

Big thank you to Jordon for a really great, comprehensive review of the book. “I think I have read the book probably 20 times and I will soon retire the book as soon as Signs of Emergence comes out in North America for no other reason to give it’s battered binding a must needed break. [...]

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