We hope you each had an invigorating Halloween. My wife and I threw every reasonable caution to the wind and invited over some emigrés from the ancient land of Ouaouiatanon.

It wasn't as scary as a trip to Minneapolis, but it was still pretty frightening.

We also hope you enjoyed the Emergent Halloween Special on vimeo. For those of you who found that entertaining and might want more, I can do no better than send you over to that preacher-what-ain't-got-no-clothes-on. He's got his own ecclesiastical dance macabre goin' on, and he will share with you how he is preventing things from happening and what steps he has taken to resist success:

Our worship music is raw and unprofessional. The preaching and teaching is unrefined, crude and informal. Our community is made up of a diverse mixture of regular people. We aren't a big deal.

Sounds fundamentalist to me. I still don't see how that makes him different.

Anyway, David Hayward (who regards himself as average in intelligence) promises to devote some time to explaining his failures, how he goes about destroying his church, and how it is becoming more free and more human. Those seeking more freedom and humanity will be amused to read his upcoming posts.

Spencer Burke has been meditating in his garage. You remember the Sparkhouse smiling simpleton who wants us to listen to more heretics? Here he re-examines "success". His target generation regards the Bible as less sacred and less accurate than preceding generations.

And this is a good thing.

This is an improvement.

Ultimately we may need to let the next generation define "the power of God's Word"...

Why this man is permitted to have shoelaces still troubles the mental healthcare professionals.