Kester Brewin

Category: Emerging Church

  • Communal/Distributed Knowledge?

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    During a Skype with Jon: Would you be able to write something on the ‘communal knowing idea’ that knowing is not simply contained within individuals, but has an important interpersonal dimension and also on the different natures of knowing “muscial, linguistic, logical-mathematical, bodily, kinesthetic, naturalist, interpersonal” I think it needs expanding. And articulating, but I…

  • Is It Time for Positive Discrimination at Emerging Church Events?

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    I’m thinking aloud here, rather than criticizing a particular event. We’re all guilty, and all need to change. But following a link on another blog to this EC conference and its 3 white male key speakers made me wonder: is it about time we tried positive discrimination? For those unfamiliar with the idea, it’s something…

  • Graham Doel Asks…

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    As you may have seen, Graham was blogging through the book recently, and, having done so, posted some questions, which I’m going to try to answer here. I’ll start with an easy one: Have you ever tried to get a plumber in a hurry? No. But my dad has. When I asked him to repair…

  • Plogging: You Read It Here First

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    One of the things I dislike about blogging is the volatility of posts: you write your heart out, and in a couple of days it’s disappeared into the aether, too far down for scrolling, rarely to be seen again. Perhaps this is why Doug Pagitt has decided that blogs are not a good way to…

  • Protest4 | The Truth Isn’t Sexy

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    As the government releases its proposals about clamping down on prostitution, there’s a timely release of Protest4’s website and presence. Si Johnston has had a passion for justice in this area – people trafficking, sexual slavery and abuse – for a long time, and I’m confident that the viral strategy he’s set up is a…

  • Neophilia [4] | Unmask the Fantasy Self

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    Links: Neophilia [1] |  Neophilia [2] |  Neophilia [3] Over the last few posts I’ve been proposing that the Emerging Church needs to be aware of the dangers of ‘Neophilia’ – being in love with newness for newness’ sake. Neophilia is a revolutionary mode. It tries to effect quick change, but fails to settle on…