Books / mission / theology

fire in the bones

the publisher scm gave cms permission to publish the foreword i wrote to the go between god by john taylor - fire in the bones. (that link is now broken…

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April 2, 2021
art / mission / theology

artists in times of challenge and collapse

a new issue of anvil journal has landed exploring mission and the arts. the articles, reflections and video interviews all came out of the pioneer conversations day last year. it…

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February 8, 2021
mission / theology

academic ostriches and decolonising the curriculum

we had a morning this week exploring what it might mean to decolonise the curriculum in the pioneer training we do at cms. anthony reddie led the conversation and was…

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December 4, 2020
Books / theology

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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November 10, 2020
articles / pioneer / theology

get lost!

with pioneer students who train with us at CMS we have observed an experience of theological homelessness. it was cathy ross who came up with this term and i have…

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August 11, 2020
photos / theology

urban interventions – controlled zone

at the last gathering of the ealing photography group i am part of we explored urban interventions - - it was a really inspiring evening. there are three blog posts…

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June 24, 2020
pioneer / theology

for this term only…

unsurprisingly we have moved all our teaching online but it does mean that for this term there is an opportunity for anyone who is interested to join in and audit…

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April 15, 2020
mission / theology

thinking about church as woodland…

the latest issue of anvil is out and explores mission and church. the direct link to this issue is here and you can read online or download articles as pdf…

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November 11, 2019
mission / pioneer / theology

HUI – my next 4 days

excited for the next four days as at cms pioneer we are hosting a gathering to share learning about training and education for mission. it's called hui - see below…

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July 8, 2019