Jesus does not come to fulfil the myth of redemptive violence, he comes to...
It is poignant that as I encounter the shock of France of the senseless killing of ordinary French people killed for shopping at a Supermarket by an extremist religious fanatic bent on redemptive...
View ArticleMonday of Holy Week: Messianic Challenge to the Market Society & The...
Monday in Holy Week, the day after Palm Sunday, is when Jesus returns to the temple after staying the night in Bethany, where he curses the Fig Tree and literally throws out the money changers in the...
View ArticleReflection on Spy Wednesday of Holy Week
Today the Church traditionally remembers Jesus being anointed with oil by Mary Magdelene with priceless oil which was highly criticised by Judas saying the item could have been sold and raised money...
View ArticleMaundy Thursday: Ecclesial Community & Betrayal
And so we start to reach the climax of Holy Week as we enter into Maundy Thursday when we remember Jesus washing the feet of his disciples, gathering the disciples together in the upper room for the...
View ArticleStations of the resurrection
So now we enter into the 6 weeks season of the resurrection as Easter, and I think we don’t focus enough on ways of engaging with the season after the intensity of Lent, the Passion and Holy Week. One...
View ArticleThe Pioneer Minister as Prophet
Prophets, by their very nature, cannot be at the center of any social structure. Rather, they are “on the edge of the inside.” I have just spent 4 fantastic days at the Hui Mission & Theology...
View ArticleA New Beginning in Southwark amongst the Tate Modern and Oxo Tower
Pleased to be able to say that I have finally moved from Peckham to Southwark SE1 to an ancient parish of Christchurch Southwark, with the aims of revitalising an ancient church with a contemplative...
View ArticleWe the Western Missional Church needs to learn from the ways and practices of...
You many not know, but one of the greatest growing Christian contemplative expressions of Church is in Iran and Iraq. They meet to pray, but have no buildings, no visibility, no formalised leaders...
View ArticleNEW INTRO COURSE ON A CONTEMPLATIVE & MISSIONAL NEW MONASTICISM
To give people the heads up, I will be running two online courses on New Monasticism starting in September, the first I am facilitating on my own which is a 4 week introduction to a more contemplative...
View ArticleNew Intro Course into New Monasticism
I am running a 4th Intro course into New Monasticism if interested click here
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