Kester Brewin

Category: Emerging Church

  • “Wires and Lights in a Box” | Good Night and Good Blogging

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    This is doubtless old news for those Stateside, but Good Night and Good Luck has just been released here, and I have to say, I was very impressed. As my wife and I left the cinema many people were, like us, asking “so what did you make of that then?” A film that has no…

  • The Architecture of Happiness | Lost Worlds

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    Been doing a bit of work for Greenbelt, writing invites for speakers etc. One of the people I’ve been in contact with is Alain de Botton, who’s last book Status Anxiety I quoted in the book. He has a new book forthcoming, called The Architecture of Happiness. The blurb: What makes a house beautiful? Is…

  • Mobile Blogging | Are You Suffering From Hyperconnectia?

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    Reading TSK’s post on the Vizrea mobile-to-blog tool, I wondered if we are in danger of suffering collective Hyperconnectia. [ See Wikipedia entry here ] Do you get Super-highway Rage when you’re connection is dropped, or you can’t find wifi? Does your blood pressure and perspiration rate increase in inverse proportion to the number of…

  • Grizzly Man | Searching for Salvation

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    Just been to see Grizzly Man. It’s fantastic. For those who haven’t heard about it, it’s a documentary cut by Werner Herzog, using footage shot by Timothy Treadwell on his summers living among Grizzly Bears in Alaska. It wouldn’t spoil the film for you to know that in his 13th summer there, he and his…

  • Dirty Londoners Don’t Flush?

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    A good little ‘dirt’ story bobbed up yesterday. London Mayor Ken Livingstone – for those unfamiliar, not one to mince his words or ideas – has encouraged Londoners not to flush the loo when they take a pee/wizz/spend a penny etc. The idea is to save water… It may be freezing here at the moment,…

  • 100 Reasons You Should Be At This Event

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    1. Si Johnston promises me it’s going to be good. And, even though he’s an Anfield boy, I’ll trust him on this. Click his link for further details. 2. Soliton. Worth it. 3. The Craic. 4.-100. Make up for yourself to justify the trip. And then Carbon Neutrailise it. GoLowImpact™ Contact Si via his blog…