Sometimes you just have to break all the rules… but the story I’m about to tell you will probably evoke some internal convulsions in you because these are rules that we have tried so hard not to break.
What if breaking the rules happens to be the most effective thing to do though?…
I was [...]
Some days suburban transience really does give me the irrits.
We have been gone 6 months and on Saturday we arrived back in our street and caught up with friends and neighbours and the church community we will be leading. It was beautiful to see those people again and yet what strikes me this morning is [...]
Does it ever strike you as odd that while many churches appoint ‘pastors’ and may even call them ‘Pastor X’, they don’t do the same with apostles?…
In my own tribe we don’t have much problem with the role of pastor, teacher or even evangelist, but when it comes to prophets and apostles we seem a [...]
No.
I realize that’s a short abrupt answer, but I don’t think we would struggle to hear it as much if it were framed the other way.
Try it.
Can a pastor survive as a pioneer?
No. Of course not. That’d be a silly thing to expect of a pastor!
Ok, maybe ‘survive’ is a little strong… but only a [...]
Quote from the Nimbin World Cup Poetry
“Why are churches so full of people who are so empty of questions”
Half of his quote is disturbingly accurate. The reticence of many Christians to ask questions and simply accept the party line is taking its toll.
As you get to know the creator may you continually discover more and [...]
I have noticed that there is a direct inverse correlation between the thoughtfulness of what gets posted on here and the amount of physical work I do.
It seems the harder and longer the work, the less headspace I have for thinking on the more significant issues of life. The last couple of weeks [...]
I had another email this week from the BUWA asking the question ‘how is your church influencing the community it is a part of?’ The results are to collated and used at the next Baptist assembly.
I was pondering how to answer this, and then I asked Danelle…
“By living in it and being part of [...]
I have been reflecting on a conversation in a recent post…
In response to this post, Matt, Harry & I had a short conversation regarding the nature of incarnational mission and the place of ‘radical hospitality’ within it. I would like to spend a bit more time on it because I believe it an important issue [...]
Jarrod McKenna’s Wednesday’s with Gandhi:
“When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall — think of it, always.” -Mohandas Gandhi
I’m off to Indonesia this Friday [...]
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, [...]