Category: Emerging Church
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On Meaning [3] | Absolute Truth | Power | Stages of Faith
On Meaning [1] | On Meaning [2] In the previous two posts I have been trying to set out why I still hold to a position that absolute truth exists. The discussion began as a meditation on meaning and language, and I’ve tried to make the connection between these and truth. I ended the last…
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On Meaning [2]
It’s been a knackering week, so this is going to be even more lacking ‘meaning’ than it’s going to anyway, but here we go with part two. In response to the previous post ‘on meaning’, Nic wrote: [I want to react against] some sort of pre-ordained meaning, rules of engagement or ‘isness’- a divine database…
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Leadership Day This Saturday
Looking forward to spending this Saturday discussing leadership issues at the first Blah… learning day, with Anna Draper, Jonny Baker and Paul Roberts. I’ll be sharing some thoughts first published here. Book [ here ] Technorati Tags: Emerging Church, Ministry, Theology, Westminster
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The Race Card | An Emerging Response?
Local Council elections are due in the UK shortly, and there has been some media attention given to surveys that suggest that up to a quarter of voters ‘have thought of voting for the British National Party‘. The BNP are a dangerous bunch; tricksters in the most cunning of modes. Their door to door campaign…
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Nature in the City | Mango Body Whips | Resurrection Hope
Back from Scotland. Fine times. Even got some golf in 😉 One of the finest pleasures was reading this article by Jenny Price in The Believer. She’s a nature writer. Who lives in Central LA. And her reflections on the genre of nature writing in the midst of the city is just fabulous: “Is there…
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‘It Is Finished’
Death, terror and self-determination. On this Good Friday, I thought a link to this reflection was appropriate. Peace.