Archive for December, 2006

increasing our vocabulary

Friday, December 15th, 2006

Welcome to the conversation.
A couple of people have now mentioned to me that I’m bringing new words into the mission and ministry context I’m working in here.  No-one has ever said this to me before so it set me to thinking.
I’m going to take a sentence out of context that I read this morning in Seth Godin’s […]

horizontal rain

Wednesday, December 13th, 2006

Welcome to the conversation.
Imagine the conditions: rain, driving winds, and hills.  A wonderful day for a run.
The wind was so powerful, it almost tripped me up even before I got to the place where all the different elements of the run combined; miserable rain, howling wind and the steepest uphill part of my route.
I had […]

fastest growing movement?

Tuesday, December 12th, 2006

Welcome to the conversation.
What do you think the fastest growing movement in the world is - of any type or kind?
By the way, I’m posting this at an internet cafe.  The guy next to me was obviously having some problem with his computer a few minutes ago, and his solution?  He started to hit the […]

do the never

Tuesday, December 5th, 2006

Welcome to the conversation.
This morning I read this from Seth Godin’s ‘Small is the New Big’: ‘Figure out what the always is, then do exactly the opposite.  Do the never‘.
Churches oughtn’t to do the different for the sake of difference.  It’s just that in a world of so many (let’s be honest) uninspiring and unappealing […]


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