Author: KB
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Rebellion, Godliness and the Emerging Church
Just heading off to Greenbelt, so probably won’t be posting for the next few days… Will have this resonating in my mind as I go though – probably the most complete description of what Vaux was trying to do, what the book aims to encourage, and what I hope the Emerging Church succeeds in doing:…
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The Courage to Create
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Have just started reading The Courage to Create which was given to me last week. Prometheus, Adam and Eve, courage in the face of a changing society, creative archetypes… It’s been a very stimulating read so far discussing from a psychologist’s perspective where the creative impulse comes from. Publishers Weekly call it “A signal testimonial…
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Accountability and Responsibility – how can they work in EC’s?
Following on from the discussion around the previous post, I thought I’d outline some thoughts on how Emerging Churches could build accountability structures within distributed leadership models. It seems to me that the question behind this one is “who can I trust, and why?”
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Sustainability | Full-time Church Work | Distributed Leadership
Just noted from another blog (see entry for 3rd August) that some thoughts on whether or not people should work full time for churches have stirred some opposition… and a request for further debate. Let me set out my concerns.
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The Sleepy Countryside…
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Just been away to the deepest Yorkshire moors for a few days [a lo-tech place, hence the quietness around here] and it set me thinking again about the importance of sleep. It was some time ago now that I got interested in why sleep was vital, and what actually happened when we slept. Strangely, I…
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Thoughts on Newness and Creativity
In ‘The Meaning Of Jesus’ (see previous posts) Wright argues from 1Cor 15 that because Paul urges his readers to "be steadfast, unmoved, abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that in the Lord your work is not in vain" the ‘new creation’ that we are awaiting at the resurrection will in some ways…