reimagining mission from urban places

i always mean to blog about brilliant books i read. i add them to a list of ideas for blog posts but it seems to take an age to get…

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the go between god new edition

i am delighted to say that a new edition of the go between god by john taylor is out this weekend. it is a magnificent book on the holy spirit…

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in the weird world of self promotion… top ten!

we just heard that imagining mission has been selected one of the top ten books of 2020 for mission studies, intercultural studies and world christianity by international bulletin of missionary…

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on our doorstep

i loved this anthony gormley exhibition event horizon of figures around the hayward gallery in london back in 2007 which is where the photo is from. this phrase probably seems…

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the great disturber

this is a photo i took years ago in the wonderful city of melbourne. it's always amused me that when i have shown it half the people assume jesus christ…

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enough is enough

cathy reflects on another of john taylor's phrases in imagining mission I think we have all learned that enough is enough and that we need to develop a theology of…

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get off your high horse and muck in

john taylor did not mince his words when it came to church. and he was directing his thoughts to the church of england. i was reminded of this last week…

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the cross and the lynching tree

the last issue of anvil journal faultlines in mission: reflections on race and colonialism is so interesting, so good and so challenging. i really do encourage you to have a…

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the long trek [#imaginingmission10]

this week's john taylor quote. cathy's thoughts to introduce it Another wonderful John Taylor phrase which resonates with pioneers. It certainly feels like we are in a terra incognita currently…

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