INFUSE Missional Training Event – Training Trainers
Missional Shifts in the European Church – Martin Robinson
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Promo for Infuse Training – Raising Up Missional Pioneers
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A promo for the INFUSE training the Dan Steigerwald and I are doing in Spokane. Give it a watch! You can sign up at Ecclesia Spokane
Reflections of a Middle Man – Being Missional without Giving up on the Church
These are some reflections of a middle man. I have as many friends now who would consider themselves outside of the church as in – or outside of the Christian world view in a sense. It is strictly 50/50. So, I can understand and in a sense, advocate for two sets of people.
A Message for Western Christians
Here is another awesome quote from Francis Chan…
CA Connect 2010 Highlight Video
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Hospitality as Resistance (a re-post)
One person has stated that hospitality is resistance. In a world that caters to the rich, uber gifted and best looking, true Biblical hospitality is a prophetic voice. When the larger empire disregards and dishonors certain persons, small acts of respect and welcome are powerful gestures of a greater Kingdom! The apostle Paul commanded the Christian as part of what it means to “offer our bodies a living sacrifice…” to “…practice hospitality.” This is not an option. That really is what is amazingly attractive about Jesus for me. He was not a respecter of persons. I find myself in this dual processing battle daily on how to mete out my “precious” time, but Jesus seemed to sashay through the daily with an ease and acceptance of the moment…that each person he met held the same value and importance as the next and he stopped and ate. He broke bread and drank (Luke 5:30) with people who probably could or would never repay him. Counter-culturalism at its finest.
Check out the New Look
What do you think of my new look Blog thanks to Rogier Bos?
A Missional Ecclesiology [In Brief]
In an attempt to describe a missional ecclesiology in brief, I am reminded of one of the most
influential theologians of the last century, Karl Barth. He reintroduced the classic doctrine of missio Dei, this idea in scripture where you have God the Father sending the Son, and God the Father and the Son sending the Spirit, and then the Father, Son and Spirit sending the church into the world for the sake of the world.
Me and Clive
Here I am in Belfast at the C.S. Lewis library. Lewis has long been one of my hero’s and Belfast was his birth place.