Hey fam!

Today I said ‘I love you’ to two people who were neither my husband nor my family. Now, just to clear up any confusion, I did also tell my husband this morning that I love him!  But right now my focus is on those other two. You see, I am not given to affectation.  I … Continue reading »

Present risenness

Manning talks about the concept of the ‘present risenness’ of Jesus in his book, ‘Abba’s Child’.  He suggests that ‘our hope is inextricably connected with the conscious awareness of present risenness’ and that the resurrection needs to be experienced as present risenness.  If we take seriously the word of the risen Christ [in Matt.28:20]…we should … Continue reading »

Lazy leadership…?

 I’m not getting through Roxburgh and Romanuk’s ’The missional leader’ very fast at all here.  That’s mostly because I could blog something from every page they write nearly!  Here’s another thought… Beginning with the lived experience, a congregation cultivates its participation in the emergence of the missional imagination.  Participation does not mean involvement in something already … Continue reading »