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Doorways and Pathways
Missional Initiatives that Transform Communities
Because a great door for effective work has opened to me (us) ...
I Corinthians 16:8
The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
-- J.R.R.Tolkien
What will church look like when we gather as the People of God? What, in essence, are we about at such times and in places of gathering? What should we start - or stop doing? What is essential to continue and what - not so much.
As we ... [read full post]
Posted in Doorways and PathwaysA Radically New Situation
Stuart Murray is Oasis Director of Church Planting and Evangelism and Lecturer, Spurgeon's College, London, England. He quotes Lesslie Newbigin who in his book 'The Gospel in a Pluralist Society,' insisted that contemporary society is a pagan soci ... [read full post]
Posted in Doorways and PathwaysPuzzing Days
We have entered upon a new day when so much has changed and where local churches and denominations struggle to make sense of their role and place. The People of God, however, have ‘been here before.’ Although we do not know fully what ... [read full post]
Posted in Doorways and PathwaysShowing Up and Paying Attention
Ninety per cent of Mission is showing up (incarnational presence) and, perhaps, another 8% is about our noting what Jesus is already doing; and then listening and discerning where it is He wants us to make our relatively tiny yet necessary contrib ... [read full post]
Posted in Doorways and PathwaysTogether, Let us Praise Him
Let's say that all the various and diverse cultures of the world are like the different instruments of an orchestra. In general, there will be a percussion section, a brass section and a stringed section.
Some instruments have strings and ... [read full post]
Posted in Doorways and PathwaysSymbols in OurTime
When St. Paul visited Ephesus and spent several years of ministry there, he would have seen the Nike swish, very similar to that which has become almost ubiquitous in our day. Visiting Ephesus, I too saw an ancient stone carving of the god ... [read full post]
Posted in Doorways and PathwaysDeep Church
I am reading and appreciating a new book this summer: "Deep Church: A Third Way Beyond Emerging and Traditional." (IVP Books) The author is Jim Belcher (M.A., Fuller; Ph.D., Georgetown, founding church planter and lead pastor of Redeemer Pr ... [read full post]
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