» 2005 » December

No better way to start the new year than with a determination to follow Jesus into “the arena.”
“It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in [...]

Here’s a case study of a church planting movement. Thanks to Graeme who’s done a great job of distilling the learning for us all.

Insights from a Church Planting Movement in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea

Winding through the mountains of Simbu Province in my 4WD with a group of local pastors and the district director, [...]

While I’m body surfing at One Mile Beach beach here’s an mp3 file on the first of the five characteristics of dynamic movements — white-hot faith.

No prizes for guessing who’s got the better end of the deal.

Uniting Church minister, David Millikan is frustrated with Anglican Archbishop Peter Jensen’s Boyer Lectures. Enough to write a piece in the Sydney Morning Herald.

Here’s my letter to the editor in response:

David Millikan has been frustrated by Archbishop Peter Jensen’s Boyer Lectures (SMH 23-25/12/05). He rejects Jensen’s assumption that “there is only one way to know [...]

Every real friendship is a sort of secession, even a rebellion . . . In each knot of Friends there is a sectional ‘public opinion’ which fortifies its members agains the public opinion of the community in general. Each therefore is a pocket of potential resistance.

CS Lewis, The Four LovesEnjoyed this post from OnMovements on [...]

Lately I’ve enjoyed reading Steve McCoy at reformissionary.

Some great links there to John Piper resources (good for the soul) and articles by Tim Keller (church planting movements).

Keep it coming Steve.

It’s official. The Blog has been neglected this week.

My thirteen year son old took a swipe at this fourteen year old brother last week and connected.

Fortunately for the fourteen year old he has a thick skull. Unfortunate for the thirteen year old. He broke a bone in his hand.

Six days now of doctor’s surgeries, x-ray [...]

Martin Robinson will visit Sydney early next year. Prolific author and thinker on mission in the West.

His latest book is on church planting.

“Planting Mission-shaped Churches Today” (Martin Robinson)

The conference brochure is below.

Neil Cole is headed down under to run an Organic Church Planters’ Greenhouse.

The promo says,

This training Seminar provides a supportive environment for Christian leaders who have chosen to function in ways similar to the apostolic role of the New Testament.

It is for leaders who are not just interested in planting a church – but rather, [...]

It’s summer in Australia and summer equals beach.

Heading off next week. Whenever I pack for a holiday I begin with books. Sad isn’t it?

Here’s my overly ambitious list of summer reading:

“Ignatius of Loyola (Fount Classics)” (Philip Caraman SJ)

Somehow Ignatius has got under this evangelical’s guard. I’ll write about him sometime.

“J.R.R. Tolkien Boxed Set (The Hobbit [...]