February 2012
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January 2012
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“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not...”
– Colossians 3:23-24 NIVUK
A timely reminder for me as I commute into college after a full-on weekend. Hope it encourages you as you get on with whatever you do today.
Dads are the original hipsters →
This tumblr blog always makes me laugh!
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LICC →
Mark Greene from LICC was at college yesterday. Gave an excellent talk about discipleship and the tendency we have to divide our life into holy and ordinary bits (sacred and secular). Read his booklet on the way home.
Very very good, and very challenging.
The Future as we Know it. →
Some great New Year thoughts on/for Gen Y from my friend Helen.
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I love Jesus, but I don't hate religion. Here's 3...
The Jesus vs Religion thing comes out up again and again around certain groups of Cristians. Its recently come up again in the poetic words of Jeff Bethke in a viral thats all over (certain parts) of the web right now.
I like a lot of the poem, and agree with some of what Bethke says, but I’m always very uncomfortable when Christianity, or even Jesus-loving, is put in opposition to...
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“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider...”
– Philippians 2
Increasingly I’m realising just how much I need to hear God’s good news; I need to be evangelised. As I sat down to read these famous words this morning I was already thinking about some viral video I didn’t agree with. Getting all uptight about about people I...
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“We stand at the turning of the year as Joshua on the threshold of promise. Our...”
– twitturgies
wake up call for 2012 →
Great post reviewing 2011 and looking to what is ahead from Jonny.
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WatchWow! THEORY Genesis creation narrative by Hidetsugu Murakami
Comes via the fabulous Beat Band.
December 2011
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Question
A few authority figures like the Queen and D Cameron have been talking up Christianity recently. After years of secularanity defining the government it does feel refreshing. But is it a good thing? Seems like it could be a hark back to Christendom rather than a real move forward.
Any thoughts?
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The Kingdom of Heaven →
Enjoying Richard Rohr’s daily advent reflections. Today’s is very good.
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Missional Communities with Kids and Youth →
It’s my turn to write on the missional communities uk blog. This is what I came up with. The post finishes with a question that I’ll ask over here too.
How do you include kids and youth in your missional community?
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The “Secret Sauce” our churches are missing →
Another great post from Mike on church leadership and extended family.
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Initiation →
Love these stories from Mark Yaconelli about rites of passage for his sons.
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November 2011
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WatchThis is what you get if meomi (behind the Octonauts) work for Yo Gabba Gabba.
Crazy fun for kids.
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For the Dawn
This world is not as it should be. Darkness reigns, death, exploitation, evil.
Some of us respond by hoarding possessions, education, resources with which we construct a barrier to keep us safe in our own faked Eden.
Even here death stalks waiting for his moment and strikes with a sickness here, an accident there. We’re surprised when it happens, but darkness reigns. And all the while it grows...
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“The only lasting victory that we can win over our enemies, is to make them our...”
– Archibald Baxter, quoted by Paul Oestreicher during our morning seminar on peace and creative non-violence today.
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The Barna Group - Five Myths about Young Adult... →
Very interesting article, love the conclusion. US based but would have thought much crosses the Atlantic. would suggest all involved in youth, student or young adult work take a look.
Helen found it but can’t remember where from so HT if it was you.
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Roll on Christmas →
Make your own, slightly alternative, nativity. via Jonny
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Things I would like to explore more...
…but will try hard not to until some essays are out of the way.
1. Ed’s Story
2. Readability
3. Klout
4. Rise
“In the beginning there is struggle and a lot of work for those who come near to...”
– Amma Syncletica
I pinched this from Laurence. As he says, let’s build a fire!
Not good news on the employment front →
samradford:
Highest level of unemployment since 1994 and youth unemployment has just crossed the one million mark.
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Loving and Destroying
Thinking about the stories of Jesus, the leper and the centurion from Matthew 8.
Wherever Jesus went people were loved and suffering was defeated.
Seems that is what he trained his disciples to do as well.
Who are you calling me to love?
Where are you calling me to destroy evil?
Give me strength and courage God.
Just discovered Gungor. Beautiful worship music!
gungormusic.com, Ghosts Upon The Earth
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WatchProvocative video from Mike and 3dm. I like it.
Perhaps the situation in the UK is a bit further on from the USA in this area. To me it seems like there are one or two really good new approaches to ordination training in this country that focus on character and competency well. One of those is definitely the college I go to.
October 2011
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“My child, do not busy yourself with many matters;
if you multiply...”
– Some verses from Ecclesiasticus 11. Some of the Anglican Daily Prayer readings are from this apocryphal book. Enjoying the wisdom that is in them - feels at once very ancient and pertinent.
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The new frontier →
is the old frontier. At least it is according to Seth.
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Understanding what goes on inside the brain of a... →
Very interesting article from National Geographic about why teenagers need to behave the way they do. Via samradford.
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