pioneering parishes

pioneering parishes does what it sounds like - it helps parishes gently shift their energy towards focusing outwards in the parish - simple eh?! i discussed this with someone who…

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a quote

i read this quote in subversive mission earlier this year and it has stayed with me since. it sums up pretty neatly the issue of whether christianity is foreign or…

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latest anvil on indigenous theologies

the latest issue of anvil journal is really wonderful - exploring the emancipation of indigenous theologies in light of the rise of world christianity (and it's free). i read it…

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come and train at cms!

the mission training at cms is wonderful. i don't know how else to say it. working with the creative people, pioneers, dreamers, ministers who have joined us over the last…

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baker’s dozen

between september and december i wrote thirteen posts reflecting on twenty years at cms. well cms have turned them into one long piece with edited down versions of the post…

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true north

this is the thirteenth of a series celebrating twenty years at cms see  1. gold | 2. emerging church | 3. blah | 4. new forms | 5. worship tricks…

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cms twenty: doing the imaginative work

this is the tenth of a series celebrating twenty years at cms seeĀ  1. gold | 2. emerging church | 3. blah | 4. new forms | 5. worship tricks…

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latest anvil – sustainability and mission

a new edition of anvil journal is up online. i am happy to say you can download it for free. it is a collection of articles and reflections from our…

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