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Jan201013

Culture, Society & Mission, Mission and Learning

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The Reflective Cycle [Mission & Learning 1]

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’s Experiential Learning Cycle. This is a version of Kolb’s cycle (also known as the reflective cycle):

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Jan201005

Reflection & Contemplation, Twelve Days of Christmas

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Twelve Drummers Drumming

On the twelfth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Twelve drummers drumming,
Eleven pipers piping,
Ten lords a-leaping,
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree!

So, we’ve reached the last day of Christmas and the last day of this little series. If you haven’t been following so far, we’ve been studying the underlying religious symbolism behind the song, the Twelve Days of Christmas, looking at the Christian/Catholic folklore surrounding the song. Within this tradition the song can be used as a way to teach the Christian faith, with each day representing a different aspect of faith.

Today, the song culminates with the twelve drummers representing the twelve phrases in the Apostles’ Creed.

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Dec200931

Church & Ecclesiology, Culture, Society & Mission, Links

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An open letter to Fresh Expressions

Dear Fresh Expressions and leaders of Fresh Expressions of church,

Thank you so much for the space you have created within the established church for mission, and growing new forms of church which are new and fresh and cater to a whole wealth of different people. However, I have a problem, and the more I read about other Fresh Expressions (my own community is a registered Fresh Expression) the more I am becoming worried about this movement as a whole, and the intrinsic problem which seems to be built into it.

I hope you’ll humour me a moment to explain my very real problem.

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Oct200928

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Journeys in Cyberspace – 28/10/09

Links to stuff that’s taken my interest online over the last week or so.

Scot Mc Knight’s article on The Gospel for iGens in Leadership Journal is really relevant and important for those engaging in mission with young people/young adults.

I’ve just caught up with FlashForward on Five on Demand (UK only) – it’s really beginning to grow on me. Also, Design for Life on BBC iPlayer looks really interesting.

Ed Stetzer’s video for The Nines is really good – “Mission is the opposite of self” (video after the jump):

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Oct200918

Links, Resources & Media

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Q: Ideas that create a better world

At college this week, I chatted to a few people about Q Ideas, which is a website/programme which aims to educate and promote creative thinking amongst the church and church leaders. The website features videos, essays and podcasts with all kinds of different create dialogues on Church and culture.

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Oct200912

Church & Ecclesiology, Culture, Society & Mission

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“Come, change the world with us”

In his video for The Nines, Rick Warren talks about the need for a process of discipleship in a lot of the churches he is aware of. The question a lot of church leaders are asking is ‘how do we move people along from a needy attitude towards faith to a more committed “what can I give?” attitude?’

Is the problem that this is the wrong question? Instead, perhaps we should be asking questions about the way we market our faith in the first place?

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Oct200910

Biblical Studies, Church & Ecclesiology, Culture, Society & Mission, Missional Viewpoints

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Missional Viewpoints 2: Mission as Salvation

Caught up in the Christian understanding of mission and particularly evangelism, is this concept of salvation and what it means. In recent times, the Church’s understanding of salvation has been fairly straightforward and in some ways quite a shallow image. Will a deeper image of salvation help to propel us towards a deeper understanding of the mission of God?

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Jan201013

Culture, Society & Mission, Mission and Learning

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Jan201005

Reflection & Contemplation, Twelve Days of Christmas

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Dec200931

Church & Ecclesiology, Culture, Society & Mission, Links

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Dec200912

Church & Ecclesiology, Culture, Society & Mission

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Oct200928

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Oct200918

Links, Resources & Media

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Oct200912

Church & Ecclesiology, Culture, Society & Mission

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Oct200910

Biblical Studies, Church & Ecclesiology, Culture, Society & Mission, Missional Viewpoints

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Sep200909

Church & Ecclesiology, Culture, Society & Mission

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Sep200904

Biblical Studies, Culture, Society & Mission, Missional Viewpoints

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