here are links to writing and music i have published:

books

• pioneer practice is a full colour 192 page book full of stories and practical wisdom on pioneering – perfect if you have an idea to develop. it’s the first book on a new partnership getsidetracked.
• imagining mission with john v taylor is co authored with cathy ross and speaks to contemporary issues in mission inspired by the writings of john taylor who was way ahead of his time!
• the pioneer gift is a collection of reflections on pioneer mission and ministry that i edited with cathy ross and contributed the opening chapter to.
• pioneering spirituality is a collection of reflections on spirituality in relation to pioneering mission. i edited the book with cathy ross and contributed the opening chapter.
• future present is a beautifully designed book that we crowd funded and then self published with proost. it’s a series of reflections on creating a better world by imagining a different future and changing the present on the basis of that. proost is no longer running so if you are interested in a copy email me and i’ll see if i can find one in the cupboard or send you a pdf
• curating worship explores the idea of creating worship in the way an art curator approaches the design of an exhibition. i draw on writing from the art world in the opening two chapters and then the book is a series of interviews with people who have created amazing worship experiences.
• alternative worship is a collection of liturgical resources from the alternative worship movement. it came with a cd rom which was ground breaking at the time! i put this together with doug gay and jenny brown.
• the labyrinth a transforming ritual – this is my MA dissertation pretty much as it was reflecting on ritual in postmodern culture using the labyrinth.
• grace pocket liturgies is a collection of prayers and liturgies from the grace community. my role was to gather and edit it with a few contributions of my own included.
• making communion is a collection of services exploring communion at grace over the years. it has a long introduction explaining how the approach sist within the church of england. i wrote the intro and several of the eucharistic prayers and edited the book together.
• transforming preaching began life as a rejected chapter for a book on preaching largely i think because it was called ‘throwing a hand grenade in the fruit bowl’! but it got a respin and published as a grove book.
• the pioneer gift, pioneering spirituality, curating worship and future present have also been published in s korea.

i have published chapters in books as follows:

• i have written the foreword to the latest edition of the go between god by john taylor
• mission: an adventure of the digital imagination in missio dei in a digital age (forthcoming)
• a conversation on mission and imagination with ric stott published in missional conversations
• prophetic dialogue and contemporary culture in mission on the road to emmaus
• CMS pioneer mission leadership training: a new pathway in reflecting and equipping for christian mission
• pioneering mission for the church’s theology in the end of theology
• rhythm of the masses in mass culture edited by pete ward. my chapter looks at communion in alternative worship communities and its engagement with postmodern cultures.
• the labyrinth as strategic practice in the rite stuff edited by pete ward. the book is on ritual in postmodern times. my chapter is a summary of my MA dissertation which looked at the labyrinth we created at st paul cathedral as an example of how ritual is a strategic practice in postmodern times.
• youth ministry changes more than you know in global youth ministry
• i also had a couple of chapters in gospel and globalisation which i can no longer trace online anywhere. it was a publication following a youth conference in south asia.

i have written a few journal articles:

• yes to mission spirituality was a response to pope francis evangelii gaudium in international review of mission 104.2, 2016
• do it from the inside was the annual louis luzbetak lecture i gave at ctu in chicago published in new theology review 30.2, 2018
• theological homelessness: getting lost to find a new way home published in anvil journal
• i wrote the editorial and edited the issue of anvil journal on mission entrepreneurship 33.1, 2017
• curating worship in anvil journal 27.1, 2010
• and i am currently one of the joint editors of anvil journal

music

i have recorded several albums over the years all with jon birch. they are

• whose earth
• year of the jubilee
• grace
• eucharist
• labyrinth
• old hymns in dub
• backbone
• spirit of the new

these were released through our label proost but that is no longer functioning so email me if you want to find out more. we have not done anything new for some time now though.