Category: Emerging Church
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[Grid::Blog::Via Crucis 2007] Judas Catalyzes a Revolution | The End of Strategy [2]
In the previous post I looked at the parallels between Paul and Jesus’ approach to and arrest and trial in Jerusalem, and noted that the key difference between them was that while Jesus remained almost silent, Paul never shut up. I’m proposing that one of the reasons behind this is that in Paul we see…
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[Grid::Blog::Via Crucis 2007] Toward Jerusalem: Jesus and Paul | The End of Strategy [1]
[I’m pleased to be part of the Via Crucis 2007 grid-blog… This is a series of 4 posts in 4 days pre-posted, as I’m going to be in the wilds of a Welsh beach that technology forgot.] I have been teaching an introductory course on Christianity to Year 7 (11/12 years old) over the past…
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Spiritual Failings of An ‘Emerging Leader’ 3 | Literary Hypocrisy | God’s Ultimate Passion
There are a couple of book projects I’ve got on the go at the moment. ‘Signs of Emergence’ is coming out in July, and there’s been some work to do on getting final edits and, more dirtily, getting endorsements. And I’m still in a rolling process of re-drafting and sending out to agents a novel…
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Post-Partum
Amniotics spilt, and semiotics rupture; There are no words, just raw screams and suckles. Child of God, child of man – no difference: New life is unmoored emotion, a wide sea of tears and sick, one desire: to feed, to gather more, be mother-close. But God won’t stay. Controlled crying. Separation an immediate fact post-partum:…
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Emerging Heroes…
Lego have quite rightly jumped on the Emerging bandwagon, and released this great set of ‘Emerging Church Heroes’ figures. Alan Hirsch Jonny Baker TSK Si Johnston Pete Rollins Mobsby Steve Collins Nic Greg Russinger Collect them all and get a free darkened room to keep them in 😉(Thanks Jordon for the link)
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Kapoww! It’s the God-Men! | Which God are You Projecting?
On the radio this morning there was a piece about the Godmen movement which, according to the LA Times is “where thousands of men are reaching for more forceful, more rugged expressions of their faith.” It’s “where faith gets dangerous.” In the report there was a worship service featuring the World’s Strongest Man, who “doesn’t…