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Those elusive missional moments

This morning my wife and I drove into Cardiff for my doctor’s appointment at the University of Wales Hospital. After waiting an hour past my appointment time, I was a little cranky from the pain: a large cyst in my jaw was found nearly a month ago when my local dentist could not find anything [...]

Posted 28 July 2008 § Christian life § Daily Scribe § Missions § Personal ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , ,

Did Jesus really abolish status?

In Jesus never spoke to prostitutes, one of the members of the UK’s Dream Worship Network points out what all of us know deep down: there is no room for big shots in the body of Christ! It’s a chorus that’s getting louder and more clearly discernible within alternative movements in the Christian community.
Jesus started [...]

Posted 06 December 2007 § Authenticity § Church History § Church Structures § Daily Scribe § Kingdom of God § Ministry § The Church ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , ,

A Gospel with an excluded middle

Here's a challenging word from Jonny Woodrow over at The Crowded House blog:
If the gospel is about the past and the future then church simply needs to be a gathering outside of life that gets you to look backwards to the cross and what it achieved and forwards to future glory. It becomes a moment [...]

Posted 27 October 2007 § Christian life § Community § Relational Christianity § The Church ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , ,

Are Christian sexual boundaries a barrier for unbelievers?

There's a great story, told in the first person, about a young woman in San Diego who was baptized as a child in the Mormon faith, became an atheist through her college years, and softened to agnosticism. While she was pursuing her interests in evolutionary psychology, she began listening to Dr. Laura Schlessinger on the [...]

Posted 26 October 2007 § Christian life § Culture § Evangelism § Sexuality ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , ,

What does a “shepherd” look like?

When I got up this morning, I began browsing my Flickr groups to see what others had posted over the last week or so, and I found this image (below) taken recently by a friend of mine. Jan and her husband love to go "trekking" or hill climbing all over Wales, which usually results in [...]

Posted 30 September 2007 § Ministry § Pastor § Photography § Wales ‡ Comments (5) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , ,