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April 27, 2010
Now that the moot website has been redeveloped, access to the transcribed interviews from the participative actions research I completed are no longer accessible. I have decided therefore to publish them here for people to conduct further research or to reference them for essays or further study.
Initial Letter
NAOMIE Action Research Checklist
Initial Proposal
B1 Interview Transcript
Sanctus 1 [...]
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January 11, 2010
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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March 24, 2009
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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March 18, 2009
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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March 17, 2009
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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March 6, 2009
Well I have just finished four days of speaking in Melbourne, and I have to say it was a privilege. I hope that the talks and presentations will enable some real experimentation and permission giving to create risk. There is real potential here in Melbourne, as long as people go for it. [...]
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March 3, 2009
I really enjoyed the consultation day today with senior clergy from around the Diocese exploring the development of emerging and fresh expressions of church. It seemed to me to be an issue of encouragement and vision, given how this tradition has much to offer the more post-secular elements centred on spiritual tourism. So we discussed [...]
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February 25, 2009
Well, its been a while since I have done this, but I am now looking forward to going back to Australia and New Zealand. This will be probably the most complex and challenging speaking tour I have done yet. Most will be exploring the challenge of new ways of being church for various denominations, and [...]
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December 29, 2008
I am really pleased that this new book that I helped to organise, has come together. Its content includes chapters by Rowan Williams, Abbot Stuart Burns, Brian McLaren, Karen Ward, Phyllis Tickle, Sue Wallace, Ian Adams and others on the whole area of developing sacramental emerging & fresh expressions of church. You [...]
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December 5, 2008
One of the greatest criticisms of the mission shaped church report, is the lack of focus on the Kingdom of God. The danger, as the theologian John Hall has said, is that the Mission Shaped Church can become the Church Shaped Mission. Why? - because there is a difference between mission and [...]
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