today cms says goodbye to steve bevans who has been our missiologist in residence for 3 months. it's been absolutely wonderful to have steve round the place. i have leanrned…
it's a bit of a proost week on the blog... ben edson (who co-ordinates the worship at greenbelt) had the great idea of pulling together some of the liturgies from…
over the summer i read a number of books. i hope i can find the time to mention them or review them here over the next few weeks. one was…
i am very excited to announce that dubb's first album rhythm and poetry (rap) is out. dubb is none other than harry baker who crafts words that are fun, poignant…
yesterday i was given a grove booklet - the road to growth less travelled by david runcorn. tim dakin, general secretary of cms was giving them away as he thought…
john drane is one of the most thoughtful mission thinkers in the uk. i always enjoy hearing him speak and/or reading his books. i finally got round to reading his…
back in 2005 i wrote a chapter for a book on preaching that was subsequently rejected. i called it 'throwing a hand grenade in the fruitbowl' so maybe i was…
fresh expressions in the sacramental tradition is a collection of reflections/essays edited by ian mobsby and steven croft. it's a very welcome book. a fear that is often expressed is…
cms publishes a series of small booklets, a similar kind of size to grove booklets which are monographs reflecting on contemporary issues in mission. the latest one is called telling…
every so often something surprises me in a delightful way. i love it when that happens. the latest was when chris goan sent us at proost an idea for a…