i am the guest on the latest episode of the venture 12 podcast. i was interviewed by mark cotterill. the opening question we explored was around thinking around mission or pioneering as artistry. but we explored a few different themes…

• imagination and creativity
• the relationship between artists and pioneering
• the gift of pioneering
• what place spread out orders or sodalities have to support that gift
• the role of advocates for pioneers
• encouragement for pioneers to ‘be you’
• what might be the shape of learning for pioneers
• what i long to see, what the dream is

i conclude with a reflection on an encounter of jesus the fringe dweller which is recorded in luke 17:11-19. jesus is in the borderlands and meets ten lepers one of whom is a samaritan. there is also a liturgy which i wrote in response to it.

the reflection is a sneak preview of the forthcoming book fringe dweller which i have written with mark’s brother david. it is currently at the stage of design and layout and will be out in january. i can’t wait to share it with you all.

if you listen to the section on sodalities you’ll discover that we are launching a new sodality for pioneers in november. more about that another time…