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Drop Like Stars – Book Review

by Lon on September 10, 2009

drop like stars book coverRob Bell’s latest book Drop Like Stars explores the relationship between creativity and suffering.

If you’re familiar with Bell’s sermons, tours, and previous works, it won’t be phenomenally new content.  In fact, the book almost stands in defiance of content, as I’m guessing if all the text was put into a Word document it’d be about five pages worth.

It’s really an over-sized coffee-table style book, and it’s visually beautiful.  You’re not paying for content but an guided tour on some of Rob Bell’s best thoughts.  In typical fashion he shares intriguing off-beat research and stories to draw you in.

Two things I think we can learn from the book.  One being that he’s able to convey deeply biblical concepts in a language that anyone could understand.  He speaks on very core issues of suffering and creativity, which is something everyone stumbles through in some way or form.

Secondly, I think we can all learn a bit about the packaging.  I think it takes serious guts to fill two pages with only three words.  Bell really practices the less-is-more paradigm here, and it’ll definitely irk plenty of people who pay for the book.

If you truly believed that less-is-more, how might you be doing things differently?

See here for a lot more online resources by rob bell

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Wifi was severely limited Limited at the conference so no live blogging – plus I didn’t bring my laptop around with me for the first time in my life… the iPod touch did just fine.

This isn’t really a recap, I can’t sum up my thoughts well at the moment, other than it was very good.

Two images that stuck with me… below is the bucket of cash collected for a pastor who was fired in the middle of the conference – just for attending it.

cash donated to fired pastor

This is a biking video that was shown that I think depicts the beauty that can be created with just about any art-form taken seriously, including preaching.

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Poets, Prophets, & Preachers

by Lon on June 30, 2009

A seminar for teachers, preachers, speakers, leaders and pastors serious about reclaiming the art of the sermon.

I’m really not big on conferences at all.  But I’ll be at this one.

I’ve got someone looking to share half a ticket with (one registration gets two people in). Let me know ASAP if you’ve got one or know of someone with one.

My cheap cell phone plan doesn’t work in the States – but I’ll try to get some online access if possible.  Contact or twitter me if you’re in the area.  Would love to connect with some real people while I’m there.

Here’s a taste of what’s on the schedule:

The Original Guerilla Theatre (Rob Bell)
The Story We’re Telling (Rob Bell)
Returning to the New: An Introduction to Tranformance Art (Peter Rollins)
How Technology Shapes the Sermon (Shane Hipps)
The Fig and the Failure of Language (Rob Bell)
Fumbling Around with Your Radar (Rob Bell)
For Those With Ears to Hear: Parables and the Lost Art of Provocation (Peter Rollins)
You are the Medium (Shane Hipps)
The One Thing I’ve Never Heard Someone Talk About That Has Changed Everything For Me (Rob Bell)

Update: I think our ticket situation is taken care of thanks to the glory of twitter.  You can also follow the twitter hashtag #ppp09 to follow along as well.

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Poets Prophets Preachers

by Lon on April 22, 2009

poets-and-prophets

If I can grab a ride down, I just might be going to this.

after tracking with Rob Bell for years, it’ll be my first pilgrimage down to mars hill.

Anyone else interested?

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Sweet Linkage

by Lon on April 1, 2009

The kids at Simple Way are going to print with Conspire Magazine

My friend Nathan drove down to Michagan and writes a great reflection on Rob Bell’s latest – drop like stars tour

The coming evangelical collapse? and the Christianity Today response

Deepak vs. Driscoll on nightline

Interesting live twitter streams twistori, overheard.it, and of course mytinyjesus

Korn bassist finds God

Britain’s ‘not so secular society’

My definition of the emerging church

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Rob Bell Interviews Shane Hipps About Technology from Deadly Viper on Vimeo.

HT: Deadly Viper
See also my huge rob bell resources listing.

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Mark Driscoll’s preaching notes

by Lon on October 10, 2008

Love him or hate him, Driscoll’s quite the preacher.

Josh Harris did a series of posts on preaching notes and managed to get Driscoll to share a bit of what he does.  Below is a scan of his notes.

I actually do the same thing with the sticky notes.  Sometimes I have a small page with a typed outline inserted, sometimes nothing at all.

I never have a problem with content, but it’s the transitions if there’s multiple passages or ideas being conveyed that I need supporting notes for.  I have no idea how guys like Erwin McManus or Rob Bell go for hours without peeking.

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Shells

by Lon on May 20, 2008

Rob Bell’s released Nooma #20.  I heard him share this one four years ago and always knew it would one day become a Nooma video.  Watch it on facebook for free until wednesday.

Rob Bell – Nooma 20 – Shells.

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