Regular readers of this blog (are there any left?) will have gathered that I have become increasingly unconvinced about the whole postmodern thing that you still hear about and read about in Emerging circles. I’ve written down some rather scratchy notes about why I’m leaving the postmodern Faithful and pursuing a vision of Church which […]
Category Archives: emerging church
Mainline churches: the real reason for decline
The underlying problem of the mainline churches … is the weakening of the spiritual conviction required to generate the enthusiasm and energy needed to sustain a vigorous communal life. Somehow, in the course of the past century, these churches lost the will or the ability to teach the Christian faith and what it requires to […]
Life for the next few months
This is the second post by way of an update. I’m currently blogging from Sacramento Youth Hostel, which is located in a lovely Victorian wooden mansion within the city – with distinctly non-Victorian high-speed wireless internet. I’m travelling around California with Sharon and the children on a grand 3-week tour of the state. We started […]
St Paul had it easy
The first thing to say is that I think the whole shift of culture in the Church of England after the report Mission-shaped Church has been wonderful for anyone who wants to risk trying to plant Fresh Expressions of Church. When I think back just seven years, the Church of England was comparatively in the […]
After damp
I took a week off after Christmas and spent it largely on visiting family, walking and genealogy. I’m a bit of a haphazard genealogist – not really a committed one – I have only once ventured into the realm of microfilm, for example. My family tree is half-English and half-Welsh: although being born and raised […]
Emerging Church Postcards 2007
Emerging Church blogger Steve Taylor has run a visual representation of the Emerging Church each year since 2005. He’s doing the same again this year. He’s inviting Emerging Church communities to submit photographs and a mini-report on their activities of 2007, which will provide a useful snapshot of how things are looking world-wide. Well done […]
“An emerging profession”: so when is an emerging “community” really a church?
Jonny has recently posted on the subject called “an emerging profession” on leadership in emerging communities, drawing from his experiences in Grace, Ealing. It’s an important post, and all that I want to say is in response to it, so before reading the rest of this, go read it first… The Church of England is […]
Blogging from Greenbelt (again)
I have had to endure lots of grief this year from Foundation members for my Greenbelt blogging escapade last year. This year, they asked me to take my MacBook Pro to help with the videos for the service that Foundation is running tonight (Friday). People are curiously silent about the teases this time around. A […]
Surf and ecclesiastical oddities
Whoa! Some seriously strong winds this morning ensured that the red flag went up on the beach so surfing was out of the question. Poor Sharon has gone down with tonsillitis (something she gets as she approaches holidays) so we spent the morning arranging some amoxicillin, which thankfully has been procured now so she should […]
Hot stones healing rite
Rachelle Mee Chapman, one of the Seattle Abbesses, has posted a lovely-sounding healing rite on her blog today. It incorporates the use of hot stones and a “meditative body scan”. I hope someone in Foundation picks up on this, as I’d love someone to do it for me, rather than be the one who has […]