tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58233772011-11-28T01:24:18.880+01:00A seasonal blog for Andrew JonesAndrew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605531312115198662noreply@blogger.comBlogger221100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5823377.post-1067471179184147152003-10-30T00:46:00.000+01:002003-10-30T00:51:41.023+01:00

I did it. I migrated to Typepad and will now blog daily at Tall Skinny Kiwi. This blog is over and will be sucked up into my new one. Thanks for coming here and especially all of you who prayed for us over the house issue and Abigail, my daughter. Please change your link and come over to my new blog home. Its not finished yet - i was supposed to let people in Dec 1 - but what the heck - come on

Andrew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605531312115198662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5823377.post-1067150507331530642003-10-26T07:41:00.000+01:002003-10-26T07:41:46.600+01:00

I was looking at TypePad as a blogging tool after seeing that Bob Carlton is using it on his most excellent looking blog. It looks like a brand new service for those who dont want to learn html. It also allows blogging from the phone (moblogging) which is cool for those of us with mms. Pricey though!! Any comments?

Andrew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605531312115198662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5823377.post-1067149110309938032003-10-26T07:18:00.000+01:002003-10-26T07:18:29.913+01:00

While we were sleeping, someone took the radio from my van. At least they didnt smash any windows which is always a real pain. The alarm went off the night before and i went out to find the back door open on the van. I didnt think they would come back to try again. 10 marks for persistance! Another 10 marks for not damaging my van. Only 3 marks for the radio - A Kenwood, yes, but 10 years old (

Andrew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605531312115198662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5823377.post-1067068798488063832003-10-25T09:59:00.000+02:002003-10-25T09:59:58.456+02:00

Lots of hype (still) about blogging right now, especially among the Christian community. But also some good thinking about why we blog, like "Blogging is About Making and Changing Minds". I need to get some more thoughts down on this subject. But first I need to get my tallskinnykiwi.com web site going. What am i waiting for? OS 10.3 - so i can use iBlog software with my Mac and .mac account,

Andrew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605531312115198662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5823377.post-1066889743875135482003-10-23T08:15:00.000+02:002003-10-23T08:18:33.020+02:00

Al and Jody Smith just announced that they are closing down their great resource website called Ncubator. Too bad! Any way we can salvage it and keep it up there???? Thanks you guys for your years of effort - dont waste it!!!. You can read one of my lame articles on their site called My Gripes About the House Church Movement

Andrew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605531312115198662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5823377.post-1066464223320626372003-10-18T10:03:00.000+02:002003-10-18T10:03:43.406+02:00

Good to see Derek and Amy's voice on next-wave > church & culture. QUOTE: "To the “gen x” generation—“Friend, move up higher.” This is the Lord’s cry for us right now. “Friend, move up higher. I am killing the stronghold of ‘relevancy’ over you. This is a curse over your generation that has kept many of you from flying in your true selves. Break free in Me. I am ready to give you a new level of

Andrew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605531312115198662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5823377.post-1066039208320563062003-10-13T11:52:00.000+02:002003-10-13T12:25:16.100+02:00

The wedding of Jen and Fran, who were married by the Right Drew Rice (leather jacket wearing, harley driving pastor from Austin, Texas, who used to come out on the streets with me and hang out with street kids). Derek and Amy were there also so it was a kind of reunion for our team. Great wedding. Congrats you guys - all God's best for your lives together. Here's my best photo:

Andrew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605531312115198662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5823377.post-1065859127081242332003-10-11T09:36:00.000+02:002003-10-13T12:05:13.866+02:00

Bruce and I are attending Fran and Jen's wedding in Sheffield today. Jen has come to our events in Austin and Prague so often that we hardly even say hello to her when we see her - more like . . "oh, you again". She ran the Odd Shaped House blog for a while but has been busy with wedding preperations and life in general. Her groom, Fran, is a good guy and we all like him, as do the Christian

Andrew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605531312115198662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5823377.post-1065635451175373552003-10-08T19:50:00.001+02:002003-10-13T12:07:45.880+02:00

i just arrived in london with bruce stuart and will be here for 2 days before heading up to sheffield for a wedding. i am seeing people on thursday in the london area. but right now, its off for curry! Great to be in England again - its been about 5 weeks since I was here last! Long time to go without a sausage roll.

Andrew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605531312115198662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5823377.post-1065185218047328802003-10-03T14:42:00.000+02:002003-10-03T14:46:57.586+02:00

My good friends at Emergingchurch.info have finally released the site,and I dont need to keep it a secret anymore. Well done guys! Pretty good for England. And for a group of missionaries - yes - these guys are CMS, old-skool-missionaries but that doesnt make them uncool in the slightest. In fact, they make a big splash at Greenbelt Festival each year and are really figuring out some of the

Andrew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605531312115198662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5823377.post-1065001869100142362003-10-01T11:49:00.000+02:002003-10-01T11:51:09.313+02:00

Update on our lives. All of it GOOD: Abigail is out of hospital. We have our little girl back. The hospital bill is lower than quoted. Life is moving on. Thanks for prayers and encouragement.

Andrew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605531312115198662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5823377.post-1064553434275127062003-09-26T07:03:00.000+02:002003-09-26T07:18:19.013+02:00

Japan has been on my mind, obviously because of the 8.0 earthquake yesterday, but also because of the Japanese connections all coming together this week. I received an email from Mika (pictured) who is involved in starting parties that turn into churches (I went to one - extremely cool and great to see so many young Japanese starting their own simple/organic churches) and Shigeru from the Japan

Andrew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605531312115198662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5823377.post-1064475048504834682003-09-25T09:27:00.000+02:002003-09-25T09:39:09.490+02:00

Third day of being a family with diabetes. Abigail is dealing with it really well. She almost enjoys giving herself the injections. She wants to be a doctor when she grows up and has just started her training - on herself. We are doing research on diet, lifestyle, support groups, financial help, etc. Thanks to all of you for your emails and links and stories. And for all your comforting comments

Andrew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605531312115198662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5823377.post-1064395976701246092003-09-24T11:23:00.000+02:002003-09-24T11:44:21.833+02:00

Aww shucks! Modesty forbids me to even mention this. But my ego is stronger than my modesty so here we go. DJ Kenny Mitchell recorded me teaching in Japan last year and created the lead track on his new album entitled Brooklyn and Beyond. People have been saying to me "Are you the Andrew Jones on the album?" and I have been saying "Yes, but I have not heard it yet" Until yesterday, when someone

Andrew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605531312115198662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5823377.post-1064395291016948352003-09-24T11:13:00.000+02:002003-09-24T11:22:05.740+02:00

We have a Scribe in our basement and his name is Sasa, or Alexander Flek. One of the problems we were having with our Landlords was over whether Sasa and his family lives with us or not. He doesn't. But he does have his office set up in our basement. Everyday, Sasa turns up to translate the Bible into Czech. The Czechs havent had a decent translation of the Bible for a few hundred years (more

Andrew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605531312115198662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5823377.post-1064298329914468862003-09-23T08:17:00.000+02:002003-09-23T08:26:04.960+02:00

Abigail, our 8 year old daughter, was admitted to hospital today. She has been sick and has been losing weight. The doctors have said she has has diabetes. So our family is now on a new journey together and talking about all the changes in our family routine and diet. We have much to learn. Abigail is taking it well. She wants to be a doctor when she gets older and out of all our kids, she is

Andrew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605531312115198662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5823377.post-1064297677117472882003-09-22T20:07:00.000+02:002003-09-23T08:16:40.733+02:00

Thanks for all your prayers. Especially Anita Roach. One of the Landlords came back today and apologized. We couldnt believe it!! He shook our hands, told us that we were right - the heaters really do fall off the wall because of the faulty construction of the house and not the children. And they agreed that Sasa, the Scribe in our basement, really doesnt live here with all his kids and wife.

Andrew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605531312115198662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5823377.post-1064057410939852342003-09-20T13:19:00.000+02:002003-09-20T13:36:11.370+02:00

Our meeting with the Landlords went terrible. They want their house back. They dont like the idea of us having so many people in the house. We were told that we should be looking for another house. Not easy for us right now. We are a community of 14 people and are quite settled here, even though people have been telling us we will be moving soon (the prophetic types were telling us this for a

Andrew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605531312115198662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5823377.post-1063974398476854322003-09-19T14:24:00.000+02:002003-09-19T14:26:38.373+02:00

My poor old 1984 Volvo got taken away today. Some junk dealers offered to tow it for nothing so it is gone for good. The mighty blue Volvo costs me 200 pounds a few years ago in England and it served us well.

Andrew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605531312115198662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5823377.post-1063963526676623642003-09-19T11:23:00.000+02:002003-09-19T14:23:24.126+02:00

Our Landlords are visiting us today for a “meeting”. I hope we dont get kicked out! One of the problems may be that we currently have a hippie living in a tent in our back yard. Eric often stops in here on his way to the Rainbow Festivals or back to his base in Israel. We met him when we were living in San Francisco and he lived in Santa Cruz, working with The Prodigal Project. We were both doing

Andrew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605531312115198662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5823377.post-1063862663870080102003-09-18T07:24:00.000+02:002003-09-19T14:29:33.433+02:00

Emergent is a group of friends I hang out with and occasionally put on events with. We used to be called "Young Leaders", and then "Terranova" and then we changed to Emergent. Some of them met last week in Chattanooga but I wasn't able to make it there. Brian just sent a little update: WHAT'S UP WITH EMERGENT? by Brian McLaren "A group of us gathered recently in Chattanooga for a wonderful time

Andrew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605531312115198662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5823377.post-1063800856359520172003-09-17T14:07:00.000+02:002003-09-18T06:52:55.306+02:00

I am about to turn 40. Actually, I turned 40 last week but the timing was bad – we were driving across Europe, and my Mum was about to arrive from Australia. I decided to put off my birthday celebration until she arrived here in Prague. Which she did this morning. My Mum is Marilyn Boast. She remarried 10 years ago to Brian Boast, which is why her last name is Boast and mine is Jones. My Mum is

Andrew Joneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605531312115198662noreply@blogger.com