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Feb201003

Culture, Society & Mission, Groups, Relationships & Learning, Mission and Learning

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Mission isn’t for Communities or Individuals, but for People

Mission and Learning – Part 2

Church programs or individual lives?

Is engaging in mission the job of communities of people together – 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 group process or as an individual process. Is it that we each have an individual call of join God’s mission or is mission something which must be worked through in community?

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Jan201020

Groups, Relationships & Learning

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Why Collaboration is better than Compromise

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 view.

Here are some of my own opinions on compromise and collaboration:

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Jan201011

Community Stories, Groups, Relationships & Learning

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IGLOO! – Photos and Reflections on a Snow Day

Last Wednesday was an awesome Snow Day – schools were closed and there were loads of young people out and about to play and hang out with. Here’s some photos and reflections on spending time in the snow – and pictures of our Igloo!

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Jan201009

Community Stories, Links

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Need design-work/web design/film production?

Three friends – Matt, Stef and Tom – have been hard at work launching their design business: The House That Love Built.

These guys are seriously three of the most talented people that I’ve ever met, each in their own media/design fields. Check out their growing portfolio of work on the THTLB website.

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Dec200931

Reflection & Contemplation, Twelve Days of Christmas

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Seven Swans a-Swimming

On the seventh day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
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.

Continuing our series of reflections on the Twelve Days of Christmas, as the days increase so the subjects of each day become deeper and more elaborate. Today, seven swans a-swimming represent the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit.

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Dec200931

Church & Ecclesiology, Culture, Society & Mission, Links

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Three French Hens

On the third day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree.

Continuing my reflections on the Twelve Days of Christmas, the third day of Christmas is for French Hens. Within Christian folklore, the French Hens are for the three virtues faith, hope and love.

Update: For some reason yesterday the rest of this post after the jump got lost when the post was published. It’s now restored – please read on.

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Dec200912

Church & Ecclesiology, Culture, Society & Mission

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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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Sep200912

Community Stories, Personal

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The Yurt Farm

This weekend just gone, I took the new Lab core team up to Mid Wales for a weekend away together. The seven of us stayed in two Yurts at the Yurt Farm, near Tregaron and about 30 mins drive from Aberystwyth.

The weekend was amazing and our accomodation was incredible – I’d really recommend Yurting is you’ve never done it before – they are beautiful and really comfortable. Here are some photos from the weekend:

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Feb201003

Culture, Society & Mission, Groups, Relationships & Learning, Mission and Learning

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Mission and Learning – Part 2

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Jan201011

Community Stories, Groups, Relationships & Learning

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Jan201009

Community Stories, Links

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Dec200931

Reflection & Contemplation, Twelve Days of Christmas

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Dec200931

Church & Ecclesiology, Culture, Society & Mission, Links

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Dec200927

Reflection & Contemplation, Twelve Days of Christmas

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Dec200912

Church & Ecclesiology, Culture, Society & Mission

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Sep200912

Community Stories, Personal

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Sep200909

Church & Ecclesiology, Culture, Society & Mission

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