Partnership and Mission

I was reading Krish Kandiah's excellent blog on mission partnership. He makes some excellent points in it - well worth a read.

Very tempting it in a way so as to tick off the points in the manner of "we would never do that" - and that is certainly often arguable. Sadly these mistakes do get made.

Challenging - but I want to believe we can do better - even in a big global agency. Particularly if we can pull of the challenge after nearly 100 years, of getting back to our roots and be less an organisation, more a Spirit-led movement - and that is our aim...

Andrew & Lesley's Wedding

An absoluteley brilliant day yesterday: Andrew (my son) and Lesley (new Daughter-in-law)now married.

From Andrew & Lesley's Wedding

A new landscape

I found this post, and the material it refers to fascinating.

Tall Skinny Kiwi on "Christianity's next challenge"

President Obama's speech in Cairo

Missional Downsizing

Here's the video I made with Jody. We'll be using it at Keswick convention in the "Earthworks" exhibition.

Powerpoint slide

Having spent some time on this slide I thought it might be worth sharing.... (animated powerpoint available on request)

A lifebelt (for Darwin)

Been meaning to read something on Darwin / Evolution / Creation / Theism for a while now.  So when this book "Rescuing Darwin" dropped through the letterbox, (intellectual) laziness and stinginess took hold and I decided to read it.  

I fell asleep a bit (been working at an exhibition all week), but enjoyed the read.  

Thanks to Christian Research for sending it out.

I have to say it uncovered whole valleys of sloppy thinking in my mental landscape - but then what's new!

The book gives a good understanding of both contemporary and older forms of "creationism" as well as "intelligent design".  

It also looks at the current fad amongst "evangelical" atheists for using Darwin as a blunt weapon in arguing against the existence of God.  I'm torn between pictures of God being amused and angry at their views....

Oh - and at the end I found that it is released under a Creative Commons license - cool!  So if you like you can download it for free.

New cycle - same mission

Got a new bike - hooray!  Saved up all my birthday money, Christmas money, ill gotten (Ebay) gains and got a new bike.  First time I've ever had a new one.  

I've noticed a worrying tendency to want to wash the mud off, and to lock it up V carefully...

Thanks for the photo Chris - makes me realise that all that money (200 squids) was wasted on a lighter frame - because my own frame appears to be heavier.