Kester Brewin

The people at ‘Boredom Research Labs’ have designed ‘the world’s first webmail service using real live snails.’
Yes you read that correctly.
Actually, the thinking behind the project, or at least post-event justification, is to slow technology down, as a form of discipline or meditation. You send your email in the normal way, and this is [...]

It’ll be pretty plain to see that I haven’t been posting that much recently. Stuff happens, and, on top of that, I’ve been feeling a little faded/bored with it. By it, I mean blogging. And by blogging I mean, in this context, stuff connected with the ‘emerging conversation’. Perhaps it’s just me.

I’ve just written a [...]

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 confident [...]

I’ve always gawped in wonder at the bit in Acts 8 where "the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing. Philip, however, appeared at Azotus".
The only teleportation reference in the Bible?
Anyway, seems like they’ve finally worked out how to do [...]

Which is where Peuplade comes in. (You can read the BBC’s article on it here.)

It’s a Parisian social networking site that is helping people to meet their neighbours.  Which is great. Sort of.

Of course it’s a positive thing that people are meeting up. But it worries me that it has taken the mediation of a [...]