Kester Brewin

Tag: Complexity

  • In Defence of Alt.Worship | We Haven’t Even Begun to ‘Emerge’ Yet

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    I was disappointed to read on Jonny’s blog that Graham Cray wanted to down-play the significance of alt.worship and emerging churches in the future of the church. And I’m glad Jonny attempted to correct him. Just a couple of observations. According to Jonny’s notes, Graham Cray said: “Mission vision not church angst. Emerging churches good…

  • A Party-less Politic? | The Emerging Church Shows the Way

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    Just been listening to a very interesting report on the BBC about The Power Commission’s report into British democracy which has been published today. The parallels with Alan Jamieson’s work on Churchless Faith were astounding and, as I mentioned in my book, the church really does have an amazing opportunity to model a mode of…

  • The Architecture of Happiness | Lost Worlds

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    Been doing a bit of work for Greenbelt, writing invites for speakers etc. One of the people I’ve been in contact with is Alain de Botton, who’s last book Status Anxiety I quoted in the book. He has a new book forthcoming, called The Architecture of Happiness. The blurb: What makes a house beautiful? Is…

  • 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…

  • Neophilia [5] Subvert the Fantasy Church

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    Links: Neophilia [1]  |  Neophilia [2]  |  Neophilia [3]  |  Neophilia [4] Anyone been finding blogging more difficult than it used to be? Lost the novelty a bit, and now what seemed so easy and freeing is more of a chore at times? Lots of people I’ve read seem to have done recently… Welcome to…

  • 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…