GlocalNet

Finally - I’m writing the book!  I have to finish it in the next two weeks so I can get it to my editor.  Thomas Nelson is publishing it in a year.  It will have many of the things I’ve spoken of this past year at Georgetown, Q, USC, and yes - the SBC pastors conference!  I’m convinced our biggest challenge now is learning the language of the 21st century.  Linguistics are critical to speak fluently in a different culture - what’s different now is that all religions, all ideas, all peoples, all everything is now everywhere.  How do we speak in a world where everything is present at once?  It’s a crucial question if we expect our Gospel to be global.  No other generation since the early church - has had the same opportunity to make the message heard globally like our generation.  Our ability to do it, however, is to recognize language is now multiple cultures spread over the face of the earth all over the place. 

The greatest obstacle to the spread of the Gospel is the ability to communicate clearly and accurately beyond our own tribal bias.  That doesn’t sound that hard - but it is.  The overarching culture for the believer is Kingdom Culture.  The essence of what Jesus taught in the Sermon on the Mount - his life and what he expects of us - can and does transcend all cultures and all peoples. 

There has been a lot of talk of that being contextualized - and I get that because each culture is different.  But I would argue that our message must be globalize.  If it’s contextualized it will fit only in a specific place - if it’s globalized it will fit everywhere.  We must begin to think less about “peoples” and think more about “people” - this is our world.  This is what I’m writing about. 

IF YOU HAVE IDEAS OR THINGS YOU’VE HEARD ME SAID YOU THINK SHOULD BE IN THE BOOK LET ME KNOW.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT ANYTHING GLOBAL AND OUR FAITH - COMMENT.

ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SEE ME TACKLE - LET ME KNOW -

I may or may not be writing much here - a long way to go - 50,000 words and so far 200!  I don’t think Joel Miller reads my blog - at least I hope not - but it’ll be done. 

I’m excited about 2012 - 2011 has been great with some unexpected and incredible things - I’m convinced 2012 will be greater.  Go back this time last year in my blog and you can see how I organize for the coming year - I’ve already done that pretty much so I can write - I love you all and all of you have made my life very rich - Christian, Muslim, Jew, Hindu, Communist, Atheist, Animist, Capitalist, King, Queen, Rich, Poor, Black, White, Brown, Tan, Yellow,  Young, Old, Farmers, Scholars, Motorcycle Drivers, Vietnamese, Arabs, Latinos, Africans, Europeans, Chinese, Indians, Nepalese, - all of you -