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Nomad Interview

July 25, 2010 RSS Feed

Back in the Spring I met up with Tim Nash to explore the whole emerging and fresh expressions of church initiative in the UK, and to explore more deeply my book the Becoming of G-d.  They have made a great podcast out of the discussions and included a book review, so do check this out [...]

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So what is happening with the emerging church in the UK in 2010?

April 12, 2010 RSS Feed

I have been reflecting for a while on how things are progressing with this question, and now feel able to articulate something, but want to start by telling the story as I see if from the late 1980s. Some will know that I became a Christian through an early alternative worship come emerging church community [...]

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USA Edition: Ancient Faith Future Mission - fresh expressions of church in the sacramental traditions

March 7, 2010 RSS Feed

Really pleased to say that the first book of the Series Ancient Faith Future Mission is now on Sale in a North American version in the USA. This includes the original authors Rowan Williams, Stephen Cottrell, Ian Adams, Sue Wallace, Karen Ward, Brian McLaren Richard Giles, Carl Turner, Phyllis Tickle, Paige Blair, Michael Volland, Philip [...]

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Wisdom of Jean Vanier

February 5, 2010 RSS Feed

In this months moot podcast, there is a remarkable recording of the wisdom of Jean Vanier, one of the most important new monastic inspired activists in the world.  To listen to it, click here

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Interesting post by Mark Lindores

February 3, 2010 RSS Feed

Recently I spoke at the Resource training course weekend representing the Moot Community, where we explored mission to a post secular culture of spiritual seeking and new monasticism as a particular model. Mark kindly bought my book I think to follow up what I talked about.
He has now written a couple of [...]

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New Books in Preparation - New Monasticism & Spirituality in the City

January 11, 2010 RSS Feed

Well its now a new year, and I am now well on the way to completing the manuscript for my next book exploring New Monasticism, which I am writing for Paraclete to be submitted by the end of February 2010.
Writing  this book has really helped me think quite deeply about this important model of church, [...]

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New Monastic approach to Mission

September 23, 2009 RSS Feed

I think this vid is quite helpful, yes it is very American, but I do think it marks out the issues.

Dave Fitch - the Cultivate Talk on Missional Orders from Bill Kinnon on Vimeo.

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Attractional v Missional Models of Church

March 24, 2009 RSS Feed

I have now finished two out of the three lectures I am giving at Carey Baptist College in Auckland.  Today I explored the socio-cultural forces behind neo-spirituality driven by information technology and consumerism, and then explored a Trinitarian Ecclesiology as a basis of Christian Spirituality to engage with a context of neo-mysticism.  Finally, we looked [...]

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Developing an Anglimergent network in Australia & New Zealand

March 18, 2009 RSS Feed

I am really pleased to say, that I think my small contribution to exploring new ways of being church in the context of Australia and New Zealand, has created some fruit, through some increased energy and interest in developing specifically Anglican and missional new ways of being church to engage with our post-religious, post-Christian, post-secular [...]

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What sort of Church will emerge to engage with the challenge of a post-Christian world?

March 17, 2009 RSS Feed

On Sunday 15th March 2009, I joined a recorded discussion in Sydney exploring the above title on Australia’s ABC National Radio. In the discussions, the group explored the importance of Emerging and Fresh Expressions of Church engagement with our increasingly post-christian post-secular culture. For a link to the radio show click here

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