We’ve talked about the “numbers game” in relation to notions of “success” in ministry (here). There is however, another branch of this “game” which we often bemoan, and joke about behind the closed doors in OC/IC circles; but rarely, constructively, in the open. For lack of a better term I’ll call this “High-speed Zapping”. High-speed [...]
Not entirely un-related to yesterday’s post from Emergent Village – I offer you this from the Guardian Belief section: It can’t be claimed that the tendency to break into regional or temperamental units has entirely vanished from contemporary Christianity, but it is easy to forget what a strange phenomenon the Christian church is in crossing [...]
I have a confession to make – I would be in ecstasy if every individual OC/IC believer had a blog – and added something to it at least once every two weeks. My overarching reason stems from an idea that I’ve been banging on about for at least four years now that is the simple [...]
There are various ways that we “commune” with people not physically present at liturgical celebrations – and by this I mean that we establish, or re-enforce our relationship with them – this is, afterall what sacramentalism is all about – connecting with another. Inspired by Jordan Stratford’s recent posting of the Advent Conspiracy vid on [...]