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this in from ’stepping stones, nigeria’… if you saw the first, you’ll want to catch up with the work. if you missed the first, it is an amazing work they do. i’m a fan… Following on from the BAFTA award winning documentary, ‘Saving Africa?s Witch Children’, we are proud to announce t ...

dedicated with all my love to my great mate, imogen. x  

this in from ’stepping stones, nigeria’… if you saw the first, you’ll want to catch up with the work. if you missed the first, it is an amazing work they do. i’m a fan… Following on from the BAFTA award winning documentary, ‘Saving Africa?s Witch Children’, we are proud to announce t ...

Back we go to the series of posts on organic systems… Not surprisingly as we move closer to a network structure, we will not only find ourselves closer to the structures of the NT people of God but also more aligned around the dynamics of Apostolic Genius. It is therefore critical to explore the n ...

I have to admit that I totally love Nelson Mandela. I do believe he is the greatest leader alive today and a remarkable example of grace. Time magazine recently did an article on him and his view of leadership. Interestingly he says that these are not principles but tactics. He is [...]

Why does the gospel look to so many like a bowl of lima beans? (article by Mark Labberton taken from Christian Vision Project)…… For those who find the grace and truth of Jesus Christ convincing and compelling, such a question may seem absurd, if not blasphemous. But compared to the spiciness o ...

I have been part of the Presbyterian Global Fellowship’s conference on missional church (see personal blog) and one of the speakers was Mark Labberton. I had never heard of him, but I have to say that I think he was brilliant. I ran out to buy his book, The Dangerous Act of Worship, and [...]

Just an update on the books I have been working on. They will both be published at the end of this year. Check this out… The Forgotten Ways Handbook: This book is a very practical guide to applying The Forgotten Ways for activating missional movements and for remissionalizing the local church/org ...

I mean, this IS fake, clearly. And I'm not falling for it. Because it's fake! And I'd sure feel stupid if I acted like someone was actually making this! That would be stupid if I thought that! Cuz it's so...

I've been in Afghanistan, and I found the whole country rather inconveniencing. I understand others have as well. While the mujahadeen did not do any killing of me, my shower was irregular, hot/cold, few spoke the correct language -- mine...

So at THIS church, you walk in, see the Box o'Cash, and pray that you win it, and then someone pulls a random seat number out, and maybe you take home the cash. After all, you know, it teaches people...

Krusty-Scholar-in-Residence Mike Taylor made this t-shirt. It sure beats "Do the Jew", and I find it more comfy than the familiar, "God said it. I believe it. That settles it." Mike is a paleontologist. It's perhaps safe to say he...