5 January, 2010 (12:04) |
WISHING YOU A HAPPY & BLESSED 2010
Walk as children of the light…seeking to know and do what pleases the Lord.”
(Ephesians 5.9,10)
“The ecclesiological journey that the most successful missionary agencies made a couple of generations back is a journey urgently awaiting the rest of us in God’s churches. The insights and practices of agencies we used to regard as peripheral to church-life now need to be brought into the very heart of our Christian praxis.”
(Paul Wallis - 2010)
“‘Speaking the truth in love’ is more than telling the truth with a good intention. It’s about the ability to create a relational context in which truthful conversations can happen.”
(Paul Wallis - 2010)
Becky Garrison ’s to read book list for Jan/Feb. Colossians Remixed (Walsh/Keesmaat), After You Believe (NT Wright), If God Is Love and If Grace Were True (Gulley), Hidden Power of the Gospels (Shaia), After McDonaldization (Drane), Alone with a Jihadist (Aaron Taylor), and The New Monastic (Paul Wallis).
5 January, 2010 (12:03) | No comments
Keep your eyes open for the Shapevine interview with Paul about his inspirational new book. Watch www.shapevine.com
“Moved me so deeply…” Cpt John Piclher, Jetstar
For the latest news of THE NEW MONASTIC… Read more »
5 January, 2010 (11:59) | No comments
Poignantly for the New year, my FB friend Stuart Bagi of www.actuateconsulting.com.au reminded me of some research I read some 15 years ago which polled a number of nonagenarians. They were asked what they would do differently if they had the chance to live their lifetime again. The top three responses? Read more »
5 January, 2010 (11:50) | No comments
In the last few years there has been a great deal of “conversation” about the nuts and bolts of how we do church. This far into the conversation it should be clear that something in ‘the wind’ is calling on us to do something deeper than sharpen our ecclesiology… Read more »
5 January, 2010 (11:49) | No comments
Back in the early nineties I remember hearing John Wimber describe a paradigm shift in Vineyard pastoring from “people keeping” to “people processing”. For a while I wondered if this was simply a comfortable way of coming to terms with the fact that most churches experience a steady throughput of people. After twelve years in emergent/missional/simple church life I now see this shift differently… Read more »
5 January, 2010 (11:48) | No comments
“Should we really listen to the unchurched?” was a provocative question raised by missiologist and FB friend Ed Stetzer recently in his excellent blog www.edstetzer.com and it has provoked an interesting exchange on Twitter & Facebook. This discussion, as it often does, revolved around perceiving the “unchurched” as people around whose “needs” the churched need to orient themselves. This is a half-truth which prompted me to join the fray of the debate… Read more »
5 January, 2010 (11:47) | No comments
Phyllis Tickle’s endorsements: Read more »
5 January, 2010 (11:46) | No comments
With his great pastoral wisdom Benedict very carefully separated ideas of authority from ideas of accountability. Guided by his very long-lived rule of life… Read more »
5 January, 2010 (11:45) | No comments
A SUMMARY OF PAUL’S TALK AT THE RECENT “NEW MONASTICISM” CONFERENCE HOSTED BY THE ANABAPTIST ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND IN MELBOURNE… Read more »
5 January, 2010 (11:44) | No comments
by Bessie Pereira Director of OIKOS Australia… Read more »
5 January, 2010 (11:43) | No comments
In her first year of life my litle girl has already taught me some valuable lessons about life… Read more »
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(picture used with permission)
Todd Hunter’s ordination into the Anglican Church this year, followed within a few swift months by his consecration as a Bishop, has raised a few eyebrows in the missional/micro/emergent scene… Read more »
18 August, 2009 (14:39) |
In a recent blog Michael Hyatt (CEO of ThomasNelson) wrote about the problems of “silver-bullet thinking”. He wrote: “In the Western literary tradition, the silver bullet was the only weapon that could destroy certain types of monsters. As a result, it became the metaphor for a singular solution that solves a gigantic problem.” Michael then goes on to unpack the issue from the point of view of the business world…
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17 August, 2009 (11:00) | 2 comments
I was talking with Tim Hoeksema on Shapevine recently about the experience of having to reprogram ones leadership paradigm. Examples of my own re-programing would include… Read more »
17 August, 2009 (10:00) | No comments
In a recent post Thomas Nelson CEO, Michael Hyatt, spoke to the need to distinguish between honest critics and what he terms in mythological type as ”unhealthy trolls”. These are people who have a destructive agenda. “They are out to hurt you [or your group]…lure you into a fight…or at least use you for their own ends.”
I agree that leaders need to free themselves to carefully make these distinctions & not apologise for them… Read more »
16 August, 2009 (10:00) | No comments
A phenomenon I have noticed among pastors (like myself) hungry for fruit, is that we look at the methods and structures of church practiced by successful exemplars - say John Wesley or William Booth - and think that if we mimic their structures we will get their results. Read more »
15 January, 2009 (09:00) | No comments
I was reading a challenging post from Aaron Snow (A Holy Discontent / Student CPx) just recently about what it might mean for us to be “desperate for God”. My reflection was that probably most of us are simply too invested in the status quo to be truly desperate for God… Read more »
12 November, 2008 (14:40) |
Is it any coincidence that those saints through history who gave themselves to voluntary poverty for the sake of the Gospel were also people with a strong appreciation of God’s creation… Read more »
29 September, 2008 (08:00) | No comments
Please pray with Ruth and me for our current book projects…
“WINNIE THE POOH’S GUIDE TO HAPPINESS!” currently being pitched…
“THE VOICE OF FOUR” - A 30-day journey with four relatives of Jesus Christ.
and Ruth Wallis’ series for young readers - BEEFLET THE BEETLE and ROSE & HER DOG - currently being pitched…
God Bless
