A Manifesto For Church

I’ve been tagged by Barry to write about what a good church should look like.  I had to think about it long and hard.  I’m not much of a visionary.
However, what I came up with was this:
1. Church should be fundamentally and foundationally missional.  We are a sent people, every single one of us.  The entire [...]

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God City

Abmo over at Windblown Hope has obviously been reading my posts rather deeply, because he’s come up with a meme about one! See here for my original post and here for Abmo’s.
He wants us to think about what would actually happen if a city was “taken for Christ” – if everybody in my city were Christians.
I only [...]

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Six word memoir

Barry has tagged me to participate in the Six Word Memoir meme:
So here is my memoir:  (drum roll please)
Learning life in the junk drawer.
(see this post for explanation)
The fine print:
1. Write the title to your own memoir using 6 words.
2. Post it on your blog.
3. Link to the person that tagged you.
4. Tag five more [...]

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I’d like to thank my mother, my agent and my producer.

Not really, but thank you so much to Jeff McQuilkin for bestowing upon me the honour of the Subversive Blogger Award. 
For those who are unaware, Subversive bloggers are unsatisfied with the status quo, whether in church, politics, economics or any other power-laden institution, and they are searching for (and blogging about) what is new (or [...]

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Seems I’m It again!

This time it’s a tag from Brand Name Faith.
Since it’s such an easy one that requires little or no thought on my part, I’ll get right to it. It may be argued by many that I have little or no thought generally, but that’s another issue altogether.
The meme consists of four questions requiring [...]

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Six things….

Ooh, another game of tag! Thanks, Rachel!
Since this one is easy and lighthearted and takes no actual serious thought processes, I should be able to do this quickly. Unlike Happy’s meme, which I’ve been mulling and mulling to no avail.
Okie Dokie, rules n stuff.
- Link to the person that tagged you.
- Post the rules on [...]

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WWJS to me?

I just knew this meme was heading my way. Thanks, Rachel.
I haven’t even read most of the meme-makers, but I will have a look afterwards so I can write without clouding my views. It was started over at the Lord I Believe blog.
OK, so what would Jesus say to me?
That’s a hard one.
Perhaps “Me Jesus. [...]

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Unchristian – The Meme

It seems I’m It!
Emerging Grace tagged me for this meme. I haven’t read the book it’s based on (unChristian), but it doesn’t seem that is a prerequisite.
Apparently I have to list four things about Christians: three negative perceptions and one thing that Christians should be known for.
So here goes: my 3 Negative Perceptions.
1. Christians see [...]

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Tagged! Oh no!

I have been tagged for John Smulo’s meme.. Thanks, Erin. My first time ever – very scary. And this one’s not a nice, gentle “What’s your favourite colour” meme either.
I have to apologise to the outside world for three things that Christians (or me personally as a Christian) have got wrong.
So here goes…
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Apologize for [...]

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