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Things I discovered just before Christmas…
I’d somehow missed the International Arts Movement’s store. There are a lot of interesting mp3s from their previous conferences, including an interesting interview between James Romaine and Betty Spackman and two great talks by Jeremy Begbie.
Begbie is such a vibrant and creative thinker — a great example of what Christian thinking should be like: fresh, robust and alive. I found his talks at IAM are exhilarating. Here a few snippets to encourage you to listen:
* Artists of the new world specialise in excess. In the resurrection God does not just restore the old order, but a new order, characterised by excess.
* Artists of the new world exhibit the justice of the new world, but this goes beyond balancing wrong with right; it transforms the oppressor with an excess of forgiveness.
* Artists of the new world delight in non-order — ‘defiant jazz’. Like the resurrection and pentecost, the new world shows order and unpredictability. This unpredictability is something different to disorder — it’s playfulness, non-order.
Things wikipedia taught me No. 3045: Francis Schaeffer wrote to encourage Steve Taylor after his first album I Want to Be a Clone. It increasing seems that 99% of the people who influenced me over the years have some connection with L’Abri…
On a different tack, I was really pleased to discover that Newfrontiers are planning a conference on culture, work, etc. next March — Everything. It’s great to see them starting a conversation in this area…
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December 28th, 2009
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