Jarrod McKenna’s Wednesday’s with Gandhi:
“Today I rebel against orthodox Christianity, as I am convinced that it has distorted the message of Jesus. He was an Asiatic whose message was delivered through many media, and when it had the backing of a Roman emperor it became an imperialist faith as it remains to this day.”
-Mohandas Gandhi, [...]
When you send your kids to Grandma’s house you never know what treasure they will find hidden away…
This time though it wasn’t the kids – it was me that found the treasure!
Pete just happened to mention that they had the complete two volume set (1200 pages) of Hudson Taylor’s biography written by his son Howard [...]
Here at Upstream we are always open to people joining us either as part of our community, or for those who seek a higher level of commitment as part of the mission team.
If you would like to take up the challenge of mission in the burbs then give us a call to discuss what it [...]
Ok so I’ve suggested several building blocks for effective missionary work here the burbs.
1. Proximity – being near people
2. Regularity – spending significant time together
3. Depth – going beyond the fluff in relationships
4. Conflict – being prepared to disagree and realise that’s ok and necessary
So here are my final two ‘building blocks’ if people are [...]
Ok here are the summarised results from our Forge WA online survey after 100 respondents. Thanks to all who responded and helped us review where we sit.
I haven’t included any interpretation yet, but I would be interested to hear what others would see these results saying. Feel free to leave a comment.
Demographics:
• The largest group of [...]
Sometimes when I speak to people about what we are doing in Brighton and how I see mission working out in suburbia they say to me ‘but isn’t that just what normal Christians are supposed to do?‘
I can only say ‘yes – that is what normal Christians are supposed to do…’
The problem is that they [...]
Here’s one to ruffle your evangelical feathers a wee bit… I posted this on the forgewa blog earlier today.
During a recent trip to Thailand I came across some innovative and boundary pushing missionaries from New Song church in LA.
They were wonderfully refreshing people and willing to ask hard questions about context and gospel.
They spoke to [...]
I wanted to finish my reflections on this book before heading off on a break.
So here goes…
In short I found Exiles a challenging and stirring read. I had heard Mike present some of the content of the book in oral form when he was with us in Perth earlier this year for the Forge intensive. [...]
For those who may be wondering what these Aussie emerging churches look like here’s the latest newsletter of Third Place Communities in Tassie. These guys do some great stuff, are very well thought out and I’d be proud to be associated with them.
If you want to read a short series of stories about new initiatives [...]
Mike Frost was kind enough to send me a copy of his new book Exiles and I’m about to start reviewing it on here.
Mike is both a mate and a hero, someone who has been instrumental in helping me re-find myself as a missionary, so I’m looking forward to taking some time to reflect [...]