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		<title>Indexed: X=Y, Joy = Bacon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The other day, a friend Dylan introduced me to Indexed, a blog of insightful but funny graphs like this:

I&#8217;m now absolutely hooked, so wanted to point you towards it and share some of my favourites with you:


Go take a look at Indexed.
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Related posts:Back in Newport / Missional church thoughts
Making mix tapes
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		<link>http://jameshenley.co.uk/2010/02/indexed-xy-joy-bacon/</link>
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		<title>Missional Community Practices?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of years ago, when Mike Frost was in the UK, there was a big trend towards using community practices amongst those who were part of or leading missional communities. A few different communities, including The Lab, tried out a routine of simple weekly practices that were designed to encourage an everyday, intentional mission [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jameshenley.co.uk/2010/02/missional-community-practices/</link>
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		<title>Missional Viewpoints 4: Mission as Transformation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In what ways is transformation a metaphor for mission, and how does this affect our understanding of mission and the way we approach it?

Transformation is a key element of mission &#8211; and it&#8217;s also one of the big indicators that our missional work is having an effect.
But what if rather than looking at transformation as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jameshenley.co.uk/2010/02/missional-viewpoints-4-mission-as-transformation/</link>
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		<title>Mission isn&#8217;t for Communities or Individuals, but for People</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mission and Learning &#8211; Part 2
Church programs or individual lives?
Is engaging in mission the job of communities of people together &#8211; or is it primarily about individuals living intentional lives of mission?

Part of the discussion following my last post on Mission and Learning was about whether missional engagement and learning should be understood as a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jameshenley.co.uk/2010/02/mission-isnt-for-communities-or-individuals-but-for-people/</link>
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		<title>5 Top Blog Posts for January</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, over the last month I&#8217;ve been attempting to organise my blogging a lot more, focusing on investing time in the topics I want to research and learn more of and trying to be more methodical and more consistent with my writing.

I&#8217;d like to invite you to read over some of the popular posts you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jameshenley.co.uk/2010/02/top-blog-posts-for-january/</link>
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		<title>AVATAR: 4 Perspectives on the Top Grossing Film Ever</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Avatar is now officially the top grossing film of all-time worldwide, making (so far) $1,849,317,325 at the box office &#8211; that&#8217;s 1.85 billion dollars. I saw it a couple of weeks ago and was captivated simply by the sheer epic proportions of the film, let alone the wealth of meaning and metaphor behind it.

Since Avatar&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jameshenley.co.uk/2010/01/avatar-4-perspectives-on-the-top-grossing-film-ever/</link>
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		<title>Mission as Identity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We need to understand participation in God&#8217;s Mission as part of our very identity as followers of Jesus. Tim Chester got it spot on, writing on his blog yesterday:
For many people mission has become an event. We have guest services. Evangelistic courses. Street preaching. Youth programmes. There’s nothing wrong with these things. But mission is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jameshenley.co.uk/2010/01/mission-as-identity/</link>
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		<title>Are you a Consumer or a Commodity?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Or both?

Part of my dissertation reading has been Zygmunt Bauman&#8217;s book, Consuming Life, which describes and explores some of the implications of living in a consumerist society.
Bauman very quickly makes the connection from a society oriented around consuming products to a society which also finds itself consuming each other:

[All] people&#8230; are enticed, nudged, or forced [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jameshenley.co.uk/2010/01/are-you-a-consumer-or-a-commodity/</link>
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		<title>Haiti: The Church&#8217;s Finest Hour</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
World Relief has been empowering local churches to respond to the disaster in Haiti. From their news update:
Haiti’s local churches are rising to the challenge in their quake-ravaged communities – feeding and providing shelter for thousands of the most vulnerable survivors.
By the weekend, four local churches partnering with World Relief will be feeding 9,500 people [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jameshenley.co.uk/2010/01/haiti-the-churchs-finest-hour/</link>
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		<title>Haiti Emergency Appeal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some of you may have noticed that I&#8217;ve added banners for Tearfund&#8217;s Haiti Appeal to the blog over the last few days.

Please consider either giving through Tearfund, an agency I trust wholeheartedly, or by following their link to the Disasters Emergency Committee website &#8211; and pray.
For more news and prayer points on the situation in Haiti click [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jameshenley.co.uk/2010/01/haiti-emergency-appeal/</link>
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		<title>Why Collaboration is better than Compromise</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week I had a great conversation about conflict resolution with some friends, in particular on the differences between collaboration and compromise. We talked about the differences between the two and how collaboration is the most desirable solution to conflict, although not necessarily always possible. Dave has blogged through our thoughts from his point of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jameshenley.co.uk/2010/01/why-collaboration-is-better-than-compromise/</link>
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		<title>Faith &amp; Consumerism amongst Young Adults</title>
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Some of you may know that I&#8217;m in the process of writing my undergraduate dissertation. I&#8217;ve been working my way through research, reading material and planning since September. Now I have my research approach fully sorted, it means I can begin to share a bit more of what it&#8217;s about. I&#8217;d also like to begin [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jameshenley.co.uk/2010/01/faith-consumerism-amongst-young-adults/</link>
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		<title>The Evangelical Universalist: Does everyone get to go to heaven?</title>
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I&#8217;ve been following with interest Scot McKnight&#8217;s Jesus Creed blog, where he&#8217;s recently begun working through the rather contentious book: The Evangelical Universalist. Since it&#8217;s such a controversial theological issue, but also one which often sparks huge interest, I thought I&#8217;d draw your attention to Scot&#8217;s discussion of the book&#8217;s main arguments.

So, as I write [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jameshenley.co.uk/2010/01/the-evangelical-universalist-does-everyone-get-to-go-to-heaven/</link>
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		<title>Are Mission and Worship the same?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I really enjoyed reading Julie Clawson&#8217;s reflections on the Missional Church and Worship, posted on her blog last week.
I think she&#8217;s spot on that there has to be something deeper to our worship than just the &#8220;cultural habits&#8221; of whatever style of worship music happens to be cool or whatever methods of prayer or devotion [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jameshenley.co.uk/2010/01/are-mission-and-worship-the-same/</link>
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		<title>The Reflective Cycle [Mission &amp; Learning 1]</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thought it was time for a quick recap and to begin a new look at the link between engaging in mission and experiential learning.

A while ago, I wrote a post on mission and learning, which explored the link between engaging in mission (or perhaps with culture) and Kolb&#8217;s Experiential Learning Cycle. This is a version [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jameshenley.co.uk/2010/01/mission-and-learning-1-the-reflective-cycle/</link>
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