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Dan Wilt on why we can’t give up on the institution
Dorothy has seen the wizard, and she has 4 possible choices: 1. Run away, completely. (the faithleaver) 2. Run away, but stay in the orbit of the idea. (the runningprophet) 3. Stand still, and do nothing. (the silentbystander) 4. Run to the wizard, see yourself as part of the “we,” and help fix a gift [...]
Clean Up Australia Day
The church got out and involved in Clean Up Australia day on Sunday, and I was struck with just what a positive thing it is to be out there and doing this stuff. Seems to me that it’s times like those when you’re out getting involved in “doin’ the stuff”, that this whole community thing [...]
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Also tagged clean-up-australia-day, community, doin-the-stuff, environmentalism, Humor, Ministry
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Church as it ought to be…
Some links through from Bec has drawn my attention to a great couple of posts from John Smulo, over at SmuloSpace. Very worth checking out, for a great vision of what the goal should be for church community. I Dream Waking Up From A Dream
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Also tagged dreams, John-Smulo, Really-good-ideas-about-church, Theology
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Sorting stuff out
I’m re-reading “The Shaping Of Things To Come” (Alan Hirsch and Michael Frost) for an essay for Tabor, and found this little gem of a model for sorting through what you keep and what you throw away in re-imagining church models: Sphere of Authority Description Degree of Flexibility Christ’s Commands (The Core) Jesus is our [...]
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Also tagged Alan-Hirsch, church-models, emerging-church, Michael-Frost, Ministry
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Diversity and the emerging church movement
Had a thoroughly interesting “Discipleship Training Night” this evening – mostly because it was a chance to engage in discussion around church planting, which brings me back to life every time. Pete (senior pastor for at least another week or two) was talking through where his mind is to do with the whole emerging/missional type [...]