Jesus in the Margins

Cool post from John Frye over at Jesus the Radical Pastor on Jesus in the Margins.
I love the question ‘Who is marginalised?’

Mission Shaped vs Mission Flavoured

Found this article by a guy called Ken Morgan a while ago. I’ve been meaning to post it for ages.
I like this article because it helpfully pushes us to think about what mission shaped churches are really about. As with any idea that increases in popularity there will be lots of people who jump on [...]

The answers to Spiritual Formation?

An interesting post on the Christianity Today Blog about spiritual formation. It’s probably nothing new if you’ve been thinking about the possibilities of recapturing some of the power of the monastic movement. The idea is somewhat connected to what’s been going on at Northern, which should get going properly next week. It’s going to be [...]

Forge Intensive Tuesday - Marcus Curnow

I thought I’d post up my raw notes from the intensive … totally unedited I’m afraid, so please excuse anything wrong, offensive or unintelligible.
Marcus Curnow. The Economy of God.
Resourcing a spirituality of engagement: Living the Word on the Street
Message of Jesus into a bumper sticker.
- finding your life by losing it.
- Jesus is a bloke.
- [...]

Forge Intensive Tuesday - Baxter Krueger

I thought I’d post up my raw notes from the intensive … totally unedited I’m afraid, so please excuse anything wrong, offensive or unintelligible.
Baxter Krueger.
God is over here, big gap in between us and him. - all other religions
Jesus has come and embraced us, covered the gap in between us and him. - Christianity
Christianity is [...]

Forge Intensive Tuesday - Alan Hirsch

I thought I’d post up my raw notes from the intensive … totally unedited I’m afraid, so please excuse anything wrong, offensive or unintelligible.
Alan Hirsch. Forge National Director.
How does the early church and chinese church grow so fast?
- there are many elements, but some don’t relate to spirituality, so they will be dealt with elsewhere.
- [...]

Forge Intensive Monday - Daryl Gardiner

I thought I’d post up my raw notes from the intensive … totally unedited I’m afraid, so please excuse anything wrong, offensive or unintelligible.
Daryl Gardiner.
Matt 6 - the things we do in secret the Father in heaven sees and rewards.
- we are the people of the little things rather than the big things (in societies [...]

Forge Intensive Monday - Mark Pierson

I thought I’d post up my raw notes from the intensive … totally unedited I’m afraid, so please excuse anything wrong, offensive or unintelligible.
Mark Pierson. Urban Seed.
Worship sustains people in the following of Christ in the world.
leader has a responsibility to sustain people in their place in the world. Not about pushing them into what [...]

Forge Intensive Sunday - Alan Hirsch

I thought I’d post up my raw notes from the intensive … totally unedited I’m afraid, so please excuse anything wrong, offensive or unintelligible.
Alan Hirsch
All vices are virtues misdirected. We must direct our life toward the One.
Christology.
- understanding that we have Jesus and his work on our behalf.
- Christology determines Missiology determines Ecclesiology.
- Christology lies [...]

Forge Intensive Saturday - Olivia MacLean

I thought I’d post up my raw notes from the intensive … totally unedited I’m afraid, so please excuse anything wrong, offensive or unintelligible.
Olivia MacLean. Spiritual Disciplines of Solace.
- Book. Remaking - a workbook for Spiritual Formation.
- Make manifest the glory of God that is in us.
- Solace exists to bring out the ‘fabulousness’ in [...]