ealing / Music

hanwell hootie

saturday is the hanwell hootie - a festival of free music. grace normally meet on this saturday but we have a retreat day so there is no greace in the…

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May 11, 2018

photos

layers

i rather like this photo - i'm not sure why - i think it's the multilayered effect. it's a photo fo the very cool radio margate cafe from where radio…

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April 8, 2018

grace

the table – next grace april 14

next grace we are delighted to welcome friends from the table in southall. the table is a fresh expression of church that fits perfectly into southall's context gathering around the…

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April 6, 2018

fresh expressions / future present

rethinking churches – a wonderful example of future present thinking

i loved this article by simon jenkins at the weekend. because it was easter i wasn't online much so i have no idea if it caught many peoples attention. but…

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April 4, 2018

Music

happy piano day 2018

i always love piano day - i wish now that as a kid i'd stuck with learning then i could buy and play the tunes in the erased tapes solo…

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March 29, 2018

articles / mission / pioneer / theology

do it from the inside – chicago paper published

back in october i gave the annual louis luzbetak lecture at catholic theological union. its focus is always in mission and culture and i chose to use an old mission…

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March 28, 2018

emerging church / fresh expressions / pioneer / prayer / spirituality

ninefold path of jesus – may 11th day with mark scandrette

mark scandrette has been a good friend for years (decades actually) - i think i first bumped into him eons ago when there were conversations in the usa about the…

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March 27, 2018

silence

the luxury of unavailability – on silence

on retreat last week i read silence in the age of noise by erling kagge - i have added ten photos with accompanying quotes here. i loved some of his…

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March 27, 2018

theology

seriously is this any way to run an empire?

i was preaching at st mary's in ealing on palm sunday today and like the idea that jesus riding on a donkey was an act of subversive street theatre counter…

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March 25, 2018

pioneer

open day next tuesday for pioneer training

come and join us next tuesday for an open day if you are interested in pioneering mission. you can do modules, certificate, diploma, degree, ma. we are a really good…

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March 8, 2018