Kester Brewin

Category: Emerging Church

  • Via Crucis Grid Blog: The Cross

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    “ An image which frequently appears among the archetypal configurations of the unconscious is that of the tree or the wonder-working plant.” Carl Jung The Golden Bough, the Burning Bush, the Tree of Life, the Forbidden Fruit, Golden Flower, Ambrosia… The healing plant has a long history, and appears to be ‘rooted’ in our very…

  • Off | Bandit Baker

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    I’m Scotland-bound later today for an Easter break. They have bird-flu there. Great. Should be nice and quiet 😉 I think they’ll have wireless, but probably only the bakelite sort that sings out ‘The Archers’, so doubt I’ll be posting or commenting, though I’ve set up a couple of things pre-post for the GridBlog. Have…

  • The Judas I Never Knew

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    There has been some debate stirred over the discovery/translation of ‘The Gospel of Judas‘. For those of you who haven’t read The Complex Christ (and why not?! Buy it here, now!), I wanted to outline some of my thoughts on Judas from the book. We are often encouraged to meditate on characters from Scripture. To…

  • The Compost Christ | Allotment Reflections

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    Following this little bit of Trickery from Gareth at Moot, I felt I ought to provide a little background… and offer a few reflections on soil in the soul of the city. Technorati Tags: Allotment, Gardening, London

  • Out To Lunch

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    Lunch club seeks to tackle urban isolation in the US. "I’m just trying to do something about the unnatural way we seem to live in big cities," Mr Nissim said, aggressively sprinkling parmesan cheese on his side salad. He was inspired, he went on, by the communal dining hall at the kibbutz where he stayed…

  • Bi-Vocational Leadership | Si’s ‘Life More Ordinary’

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    Excellent post from Si Johnston here. “So in closing, I think our new terrain for mission requires a serious look at the training grounds for leaders, the growing of new streamlined infrastructures for supporting less full-time leaders which in turn must be coupled with a pro-active move towards ‘bi-vocational leadership’ for more people.” As I…