I have picked up a new book in recent days. It is Beeley’s Leading God’s People. Listen to this excerpt: what ultimately moves people into a deeper life in Christ is not personal charm, social connections, or managerial expertise, no matter how useful they may seem in the short term. Instead it is the real and … Continue reading »
Sometimes it takes years to write a blog post. This is one of those. And I suspect, irritatingly, that it is not even going to be that good! But I have waited long enough to write, long enough to hope to do justice to this concept. And now I need just to write, to explore … Continue reading »
We must recognize that Jesus himself walked for years with a small band of followers, and they still looked like the B-team when he left this earth. Halter and Smay in And: The Gathered and Scattered Church. What freedom in one short sentence!
In Jesus Wept, Herrick and Mann talk about the common need to find places…where vulnerability is not seen as weakness but the raw material of holiness, the stuff of eternity. I LOVE this! Photo credit
As I contemplate the trajectory of culture, my heart feels heavy. I don’t know whether that should ever be the case, given the God whom we serve, but I feel weighed down by the sheer size of the task. Our vision at LifeGiving to become an outward-reaching community of disciples is perhaps more counter-cultural than … Continue reading »
There’s been little reading for pleasure lately. It’s only when I come to blog about my readings on life and leadership that I realise how bad that situation has become! Instead I have been reading for research, I have been reading for lectures on a Biblical Perspectives course I’m due to start teaching next month … Continue reading »
Brothers and sisters, we are not professionals. So says Piper.* But we are. Or, at least, I am. I am a professional. After an idyllic three years at the ‘right’ university I walked into a job with a top three City law firm. And there began my professional training. I became a professional. In ways … Continue reading »
Reblogged from The Art of Steering: I’m reading ‘The missional leader’ by Roxburgh and Romanuk, albeit painfully slowly. Something I’ve just read has triggered a response from me. On p.60, they say: ‘adaptive change happens by cultivating emergent zone culture. This involves the ability to create multiple experiments around the edge and then connect them with … Continue reading »
Lately, I’ve been returning to two concepts. One is what I have decided to call ‘folk Christianity’. By this I mean the kind of Christian teachings which are widely disseminated on Christian radio stations, certain devotionals which had better remain nameless and more than a few internet videos. I’m interested in how big an influence … Continue reading »
Is this always his way, broken glory? Scraps of it, here and there, found by those who are scouring the landscape for the echoes of him, the murmurings of a creation being renewed by him. Scraps of it, but less than was dreamed, was prophesied. A glory whispered long ago, yet somehow reality less than this. … Continue reading »
