I have loved the simplicity of these words from Brennan Manning in Abba’s Child this week: I believe that the night in the Upper Room was the defining moment of John’s life. Some sixty years after Christ’s resurrection, the apostle – like an old gold miner panning the stream of his memories – recalled all … Continue reading »
Posted in April 2011 …
Laid waste by a consuming passion
Leadership in the church is not entrusted to successful fund-raisers, brilliant biblical scholars, administrative geniuses, or spellbinding preachers (though these assets may be helpful), but to those who have been laid waste by a consuming passion for Christ – passionate men and women for whom privilege and power are trivial compared to knowing and loving … Continue reading »
Books wherever I look!
For that person who asked for photos of the books strewn around my house(!), here are the books within an 8-10 step walk across one floor of my house… You can tell I have not had guests recently or the lounge would be clear! With the exception of one, the books in the orderly … Continue reading »
Spiritually mature
I picked up a book by Savage and Boyd-MacMillan called ‘The Human Face of the Church’ from the college library the other week. It was on the display unit. I had noticed it the first time I passed the display unit but resisted its call to me… However, the second time, I succumbed and picked … Continue reading »
Reading for the sheer pleasure of it!
I’ve not recently blogged an update on the number of books strewn across my house (in their various states ranging from nearly-read through to unread-but-promising-future-pleasure). Now, that is perhaps because I’ve been a bit too busy to read anything other than what will get me through the preparation for a missional mentoring initiative within church … Continue reading »
Imaging God
(There) is a God who…(chose) to make us in his image… In order to know what that image is, we have not to search our own ideas of infinity, eternity and divinity, but…(we must) know the original of that image in order then to know what it is…that is an authentic reflection of his. This … Continue reading »
Pentecost community?
The Pentecost version of community exists for mission, not for itself. Mark Driscoll, Confessions of a Reformission Rev. This resonates with me a lot right now because we have spent the last couple of months as a leadership team defining what we think God would have us prioritise for 2011. Our number one priority is … Continue reading »
