I enclose a few further reflections on the shifts in the corporate world:In the proactive organisation as systems develop we are taught to ‘communicate’ across departments… and often lose the ability to talk to each other The ability to have a conversation is so important… and in conversation listening is the key and a gift [...]
Here are a few random reflections on the shifts in the corporate world (influenced by a Christmas gift book that I finished on the flight to San Francisco… I will reveal the title in due course). I read the book with interest and could not help but see the parallels to the church world. It [...]
For those who have either read The Forgotten Ways or who are interested Alan Hirsch has just posted some frequently asked questions. Well worth reading, for example, he begins with ecclesiology is the most culturally fluid doctrine. Here is the link: Q&A with Hirsch
Greg Boyd is an unusual scholar: he sits in the stream of open theology (Pinnock, et al.), he holds to a gap theory between Gen 1:1 and 1:2 (I thought only a few conservatives held to this?), is very influenced by anabaptism and this latter aspect comes through in this writing. The book is written [...]
There are always books coming out on the market. I recently read and endorsed a book by Nancy Charley called being church. Written by someone who is on the ground seeking fresh possibilities for church. Stuart Murray wrote of it: I found the book accessible and inviting… insightful [and offering] a really helpful counter-balance (in [...]
GOOD NEWS…. I have been working for some time on a number of issues of how we can achieve more while not doing more…. One of the main areas where I have been frustrated was in the area of what we termed Company of Prophetic People (COPP) simply due to busyness. Most of you know [...]
Here is a short interview with Stuart Lindsell on one point he made recently concerning ‘Emerging Missional Communities’. He indicated that ‘there was no group / club for people to join who had come to faith’, but rather that a true emc would seek to release the transforming life outward rather than draw people to [...]
Just a few short notes on this very sunny Sunday morning: A video link: If you are interested in an interesting video debate / converstaion between Richard Dawkins (one of whose books is: The God Delusion) and Alister McGrath there is a very good video at google. My respect for both went up after watching [...]
I am reading Scot McKnight’s “A coummunity called atonement” and thoroughly enjoyed it. His ability to take the various metaphors for the atonement and weave them together is very good, and he talks of atonement as being identification for incorporation. Toward the close of the book he talks about the activity (or better mode of [...]
Listened to some great points last night on elements that help define emerging missional communities (emc’s)… so some food for thought and exploration: 1. EMC: don’t do mission they are mission. They are involved in redeeming creation, breaking down the sacred / secular divide, becoming agents of change. 2. EMC: they take Jesus as their [...]
Much of the material that will be central to these posts will cover perspectives on the 'gates' of society, the places of influence that shape the culture. If transformation is a desired outcome, such aspects as strategic prayer and understanding the redemptive gifts of places will play their part. As prayer opens up space, filling it will be vital, not in a controlling, top-down sense, but with a servant spirit. Finding appropriate terminology is difficult. Maybe 'transformation' is not the right term, perhaps 'transfiguration', where inner qualities burst through.
I have chosen to use the term 'gates' and although they can be defined any number of ways these are the seven ways I have chosen to group them by:
These are in two formats. Epub can be read in many ereaders, such as Ipad, kobo etc.; if using a kindle then the format will be mobi. If there are difficulties in reading the format an internet search should show any peculiarities for your specific ereader
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Benazir Bhutto: a link
Charles Strohmer is a great commentator on many events. He carries wisdom and insight, and has written an article about the murder of Bhutto that I found very helpful. Connect to it here and to his wider site at: www.charlesstrohmer.com.