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Cafe Kiwi at Slot Festival

The Kiwi Cafe at SLOT Festival in Poland was running again so I felt quite at home last week.



There were actually about 8 cafes at SLOT and many of them had DJ's and VJ's going ALL NIGHT LONG!!! but Cafe Kiwi was my cafe of choice. Has something to do with the name.


Cheers!

Recommended Reads and Opportunities

A week without blogging makes one weak. Here is a catch up blog with some recommended links to blog posts and articles and opportunities sent in by readers like you.

Best Read:
A new model Christianity article on emerging church and the creation of "temporary autonomous zones"  - like the festival we attended last week. This article is totally worth a read. Well done Theo Hobson for a superb article and the Guardian for publishing it.

Others:
What Matters Now - ebook from Seth Godin (thanks Caleb Crider)
10 megachurches with the most loyal congregations
Is spiritual business a contradiction in terms? (thanks Becky - hope your book Jesus Died For This? does well)
Pete Grieg of 24-7 Prayer has worn out his previous intern and requires a new one.
Curry Kettlecorn (Thanks Johnathan Blundell)
City Impact event in San Francisco starts soon. Go Roger!!
Freakstock Festival July 28 - Aug 1 in Germany. I will be there. I will also be speaking at Connect 2010 in Germany early August. Looking forward to being with Christian Associates. They rock.
Taking Flight book that I mentioned some time ago is now available. Full title: Taking  Flight: Reclaiming the Female Half of God's Image Through Advocacy and Renewal

David Fitch on Emerging Church Dangers

I just downloaded all 3 of David Fitch's posts on the emerging church and hope to read them when I get a mo. He attempts to add warning and correction to the thoughts of Alan Hirsch and Mike Frost, Peter Rollins and Brian McLaren.

Nice to see some well thought out critiques. I look forward to reading them. Things are very busy here at SLOT - about 4000 young people and non-stop noise and activity. Love it!

Speaking at SLOT festival

Slot Festival begins in a few minutes. Great to see thousands of young Polish here.

Speaking schedule:

Wed 3pm Eastern Tent. Debbie and I will tell stories of our 3 months in morocco this year and what happened there.

Fri 1pm Under The Tree. The gospel and words. Kenny Mitchell and I speaking on how Jesus articulated the gospel

Sat 1pm Under the Tree. The gospel and skin. Me speaking on how we can embody the good news.

I am FakeBrianMcLaren at Slot Festival

Bummer! I just heard that my friend Brian McLaren is in hospital. Pray for a quick healing for Brian! I was reading one of his earlier books yesterday and looking forward to catching up again. The organizers at SLOT Festival in Poland contacted me this morning and asked me to speak a few times in Brian's place on the same subject - "Is the Good News still good?"

I get to be FakeBrianMcLaren at Slot Festival.

Last year, Sy Rogers was the main speaker but had to leave one day early and guess what? Yes. I got to be FakeSyRogers for a day and speak in the same high-pitched high-energy wild-arm-swinging manner. Which was kinda fun. Reminds me of that song from the 80's "Don't you know I'll be your SUBSTITUTE . . . whenever you need me. Yeah Yeah!"

But now I have to be FakeBrianMcLaren for a few days. Should I shave my head? And if you have any ideas on "Is the Good News Still Good?", plz let me know.

Related: Reflections on Slot 2007, The Blog Post of Brian McLaren