Journeys in Cyberspace – 28/10/09
on Oct 28, 2009 in Links Links to stuff that’s taken my interest online over the last week or so. Scot Mc Knight’s article on The Gospel for iGens in Leadership Journal is really relevant and important for those engaging in mission with young people/young adult...

Q: Ideas that create a better world
on Oct 18, 2009 in Links Resources At college this week, I chatted to a few people about Q Ideas, which is a website/programme which aims to educate and promote creative thinking amongst the church and church leaders. The website features videos, essays and podcasts with all kinds of...

Surprised by Hope: Visual Synopsis
on Oct 17, 2009 in Books Resources theology Have recently been re-reading through Tom Wright’s Surprised by Hope, which is an incredible, really relevant, really useful book unpacking the Christian hope for the future, the resurrection, and new creation. For me, its often really useful t...

The secret life of Britain’s teenage boys
on Oct 15, 2009 in Current Affairs Links Last Saturday’s Guardian had a great article where the reporter tailed a couple of different groups of teenage boys – revealing a really interesting viewpoint into what teenage boys think about and how they spend their time. It’s re...

“Come, change the world with us”
on Oct 12, 2009 in Church Church and culture Mission In his video for The Nines, Rick Warren talks about the need for a process of discipleship in a lot of the churches he is aware of. The question a lot of church leaders are asking is ‘how do we move people along from a needy attitude towards fa...

Missional Viewpoints 2: Mission as Salvation
on Oct 10, 2009 in Church Mission Missional Viewpoints Series christ missional salvation theology Caught up in the Christian understanding of mission and particularly evangelism, is this concept of salvation and what it means. In recent times, the Church’s understanding of salvation has been fairly straightforward and in some ways quite a s...

A plea for Christian piracy
on Sep 16, 2009 in Links christ Christianity Kester Brewin has been blogging about what Christians can learn from Pirates. Saw his talk on the same theme at Greenbelt and found it a really interesting way of looking in on Christianity from outside the box – and good fun to listen to. His...

The Yurt Farm
on Sep 12, 2009 in Lab Life This weekend just gone, I took the new Lab core team up to Mid Wales for a weekend away together. The seven of us stayed in two Yurts at the Yurt Farm, near Tregaron and about 30 mins drive from Aberystwyth. The weekend was amazing and our accomodati...

Worship-shaped Christians = Worship-shaped churches
on Sep 9, 2009 in Church Mission I was pointed towards a really interesting blog by David Muir on the Share blog – part of Fresh Expressions: Worship-shaped churches? Get real and get over them! (HT: Jonny) David makes some really interesting observations about both the estab...

Missional Viewpoints 1: Mission as Liberation
on Sep 4, 2009 in Mission Missional Viewpoints Series Bible Books christ community culture exodus jesus liberation missional theology How does the image of mission as liberation help us in understanding how God is at work in the world around us, and how we can get stuck in alongside him? Welcome to the long awaited (it’s been what… two months?) first part of my (late)...