kew night trail

enjoyed the kew christmas night trail which is a series of light installations on a 2 hour stroll round kew gardens. it was more christmas related than context related for…

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fringe dweller – coming soon!

i am excited to be able to show you the cover of fringe dweller. this is a new book i have co-written with david cotterill. the illustration is by jon…

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celebrating border crossing

last week we were celebrating around 30 students at CMS who have completed awards through durham university and are graduating. it is such a joy after such a big effort…

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that’s not my jesus

i guess it's not news that jesus is contested. he has been claimed over the centuries to support a whole range of horrendous ideologies of domination and exclusion. the current…

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advent grace – a journey with art

this next saturday is the advent grace - a journey into art. cafĂ© to follow. here's the blurb: The Advent journey, through the Nativity, and beyond to Candlemas, is very…

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a sign

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jonnybaker/54955842442/ advent comes around again, a season of waiting, longing for hope, for newness to come into a world that is fragile and broken. i rather like this photo of…

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the starter’s way

the starter's way is a new book edited by ed olsworth-peter and dwight zscheile. ed was the national advisor on pioneer ministry for the church of england and now teaches…

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a new pioneer community

at the assembly this week we had a great time! we met in glasgow at the social hub. i had not been to one of their venues before but that…

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malta

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jonnybaker/54922903171/ jen and i struggled to coincide much holiday in the summer. the plus is that we had a couple of weeks off in the autumn which was kind of…

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the assembly: to recharge and reimagine

just back from a couple of weeks break. jen and i couldn't work out holiday to coincide much in the summer so we ended up going away this time of…

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