‘House’ and ‘church’

Kate over at Born to Kneel has written this great post about a recent night at our community here in Preston.
When we arrive at ‘church’ in a Preston lounge room on Wednesday night, the minister greets us with a kiss, passes us a hymn book and Bible, and we settle quietly in the pews to [...]

Thinking through political theology.

I really enjoyed engaging with a post written by Kim Fabricius called Ten propositions on political theology.
I’ve quote some of it below as a taster, the whole thing is certainly worth a read.
2. God is political – and God takes sides. In the Old Testament, Yahweh’s exodus and covenant “bias / preferential option for the [...]

The People Formerly Known As …

There’s been a series of posts developing since late March that I’ve been trying to follow. They represent a range of perspectives and views on the growing sense of discontent with the established/traditional/institutional/christendom model of church. I’ve posted them and some highlights I found interesting below because I found these posts to be a helpful [...]

James 2 in the real world

Louay has spent much of his life as a refugee. He grew up in a Christian family in Iraq under the regime of Sadaam Hussein, they were part of a minority group in the country. Their particular religion had freedom to exist in the country, but not truly freedom to live or be expressed. The [...]