OK I have finished Kester Bewin’s book Signs of Emergence and I have nothing but great things to say about it.

I am not about to write a huge review at this point, but I will say two things about the book. One is that everything we have done that I would say has turned somewhat successful he mentions in this book. So any of you that have been somewhat encouraged by what we have done here in Vancouver, this book might give some of our story in some way.

Secondly, this book is not a how-to book but the ideas from this book will lead to your own
creative process that will lead to many practical outworking’s. So my push here is that you should really dream as you read and think through what “this” might look like in your context. It has the amazing ability to help you in the dreaming process.

It has moved into my top five books for church planters…FYI

I am also now reading a new book called The Starfish and the Spider: The unstoppable power of leaderless organizations. I have just started but already I am liking what I am reading. more to come on this one.

I also have had some “ah-ha” moments in my thoughts about “membership” within a Christian community and specifically within our church. I hope to blog about some of those in the next couple days.