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In one day I was asked to write two articles on the Emergent movement, give one TV interview, and then to lend a hand to something that was being written. All because of Tall Skinny Kiwi, I told myself, and his decision to speak forth about DA Carson’s<\/a> book.<\/p>\n

Well, how about this from Chaucer to say something central about Emergent concerns:<\/p>\n

“first he wrought, and afterward he taught.”<\/p>\n

I would like to see an Emergent leader write a book on St Francis, for he was a powerful figure in the “perform the gospel” rather than just talk about it.<\/p>\n

We’re putting our house on the market and I’ve been painting all day and running errands and doing the sort of thing you have to do to make your house a little nicer looking. Tonight is a Department dinner — the whole gang of us: Boaz Johnson, Brad Nassif, and the newest member, Genevive Dibley.<\/p>\n

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