July 25, 2010
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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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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April 12, 2010
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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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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September 23, 2009
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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July 4, 2009
It is not often I read a book that gets me excited but this new book by Pete Ward really did in this book Participation & Mediation. In this great book Pete unpacks in well reasoned and analytical form the journey he went on from Youth Worker to Practical Theologian. This is the same journey [...]
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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 17, 2009
I have now had a bit of time to reflect on my experience of Australia, and of the Church here. I think the greatest challenge is going to be the letting go of an attractional model of church and mission. In the training days I have done here - people are somewhat [...]
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January 11, 2009
Just before you think I have been smoking something rather illegal by pursuing such a grand title, I want to start by saying I have had a period of enforced isolation following an operation, so I have been reading and reflecting on a number of things. So I want to paint a picture that connects [...]
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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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