Kester Brewin

Category: Emerging Church

  • On Commitment vs. Involvement

    —

    by

    KB
    in

    “Do you know the difference between commitment and involvement? Think of ham and eggs. The chicken is involved. The pig is committed.” Martina Navratilova, interviewed in 1982.

  • Emergent-US Article

    —

    by

    KB
    in

    At Will’z invitation I recently wrote this post for the Emergent-US blog, reflecting on Forster’s epigraph ‘only connect’, and his diatribe against the city of ‘anger and telegrams’. Abstract: blogging isn’t enough to keep anyone connected to ‘the conversation.’ We need physical networks as well as virtual ones.

  • That Emergent™ Beard In Full…

    —

    by

    KB
    in

    Thanks to Bob for the definitive post on the Emergent™ Beard. Apparently it’s called The Crowder. Nice. And for the full low-down. You just HAVE to visit the World Championship Site. Extraordinary. Not forgetting the BeardBoards. Some people have TOO much time 😉

  • Will the Emerging Church Become a Denomination?

    —

    by

    KB
    in ,

    Following on from my post on the subject, Ben has posted some excellent thoughts. He’s just started his own blog, which I’ve added to my list. Will be good to check out.

  • The Dialectical Approach | Advent and Newness

    —

    by

    KB
    in

    I’m a big fan of McSweeney’s and The Believer magazine. On subscribing they sent me a copy of The Believer Book of Writers talking to Writers. The jacket explains that “Believer books has collected, in alphabetical order, twenty-three conversations and correspondences between much admired writers and the writers they admire.” It’s excellent. When people dialogue,…

  • Pognophilia: Growing Beards for the Love of Jesus

    —

    by

    KB
    in

    Wilf, my faithful typographer and CEO of Ratio, and I spent a happy evening over beer some time ago discussing the objective truth that all Christian groups have their own beard. This arose out of the discovery in a book of the condition ‘pognophobia’ – a fear of facial hair. Few Christian men have been…