Kester Brewin

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  • Winning the War?

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    “I declare that World War III is now being waged by short-haired robots whose deliberate aim is to destroy the complex web of free wild life by the imposition of mechanical order.” Timothy Leary in his Manifesto, written on escaping from prison and fleeing to Algeria. I think we’re gradually winning now, Tim. We got…

  • Find the Imperfection: Exist there

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    It’s always refreshing to have a drink with Nic. We got onto talking around post + modernity, pre + post incarnation, plausibility structures and the concept of phase changes, which Pete Ward never quite expanded on in his book Liquid Church… Usual pub fayre. The root question: how do things change? What are the actual…

  • That Emergent™ Beard In Full…

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    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 😉

  • Pognophilia: Growing Beards for the Love of Jesus

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    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…

  • Leadership and Ethics […] 4 – Leadership is disturbing.

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    For those who might just be looking in, I’ve been writing a series of posts concerning leadership in the Emerging Church. I say ‘concerning’ because I have some concerns that unless we actually deal with the leadership issue properly we will simply end up with the same church situation we are critiquing. But with tea-lights.…

  • The Bubble Project

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    Another great link from the super-powers at Ratio The Bubble Project is that simple. Get a load of speech bubble stickers. Stick them on ads. Go back later with a camera. Share online.