February 2008 Blog Posts (11)

Pray for North America

As I pick up my jaw from the floor, I read with sadness that none other than JI Packer is being threatened with suspension from ministry because the church he's a member of is moving under the oversight of the Souther Cone.

I won't ask anyone to come out on one side or the other of this, but to pray for the worldwide Anglican Communion, that God would powerfully intervene to bring unity in His name and for His… Continue

Added by Jason Blair on February 29, 2008 at 2:53pm — 16 Comments

People's experience of Fresh Expressions in the UK - lessons from Anglimergents

The Anglican Fresh Expressions initiative in the UK is a collaboration of emerging and inherited forms of church engaging in contextual mission. See vid for… Continue

Added by Ian Mobsby on February 28, 2008 at 3:48pm — No Comments

Food and belonging

A couple of times over the last week or so different people have made comments to me about how eating together helps to grow community. Even just thinking about it, it seems bizarre that the simple act of sitting down and eating can do so much to bring people together. In The Search to Belong, Joe Myers talks alot about creating… Continue

Added by James Henley on February 21, 2008 at 8:03am — 2 Comments

emerging church & arts-as-mission

Much has been written concerning the return and power of the image and film in postmodernity. We are now very much a visual culture, which creates real opportunities for engagement through a metaphorical approach. It is in this ancient:refreshed approach, that the Emerging Church seeks to enable spiritual encounter through the imagination. This is nothing new. The prophets used the arts…

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Added by Ian Mobsby on February 18, 2008 at 3:30am — No Comments

Relevant Liturgy

I was delighted to read an insightful article at Relevant Magazine which claims that young people are moving to liturgical worship and encourages them to do so.

This magazine has an emergent, missional thrust.

And so I reflected on this article at Relevant Liturgy.

Yes - people will find some of… Continue

Added by Bosco Peters on February 18, 2008 at 12:17am — No Comments

Joining God's Conspiracy!

The New Conspirators: What in the World is God Doing?

God is conspiring through a new generation to re-imagine and create new expressions of discipleship, community, church and mission and to make a difference in our rapidly changing world. At this festival of imagination, we will bring together leaders from the emerging, missional, mosaic and monastic streams of renewal to explore… Continue

Added by Eliacin Rosario-Cruz on February 14, 2008 at 6:37pm — No Comments

Onward to blog-liness

I am working on merging most of my blog content into Gallycat.com. Should be interesting; I have more than ten years of blog history (I blogged before there were blogs!) It includes some of my anti-religious rants from when I was an atheist, too.

Added by Helen Mosher on February 13, 2008 at 2:03pm — 1 Comment

Of interest: Newly ordained priest to minister to area's young people

Sarah Fossati (in all white, center right), 30, of Gaylord waits nervously before being ordained as an Episcopal priest at St. John's Episcopal Church Saturday morning. Fossati graduated from The General Theological Seminary in New York in May. "Today I'm just showing up; preparation for this day has been over the past seven years," she said.

Fossati is the…

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Added by John Perkins on February 10, 2008 at 7:36pm — 4 Comments

Cornerstone Festival

If any of you happen to be going to the Cornerstone Festival this year, how about a meetup for lunch one of the days? Comment here, send an email, etc.

Added by Jason Blair on February 9, 2008 at 12:56pm — No Comments

Greetings, Friends

(also known as: What's a non-Anglican boy like you doing in a place like this?)

Hello, all. Allow me, by way of my first post here, to introduce myself. I currently serve as an elder of a church in the Evangelical Free Church of America. I am planning to study for an MDiv at Bethel Seminary this fall, with the hope of transitioning from Network Systems Administration to vocational ministry, though I can see myself in some kind of bi-vocational… Continue

Added by Jason Blair on February 9, 2008 at 11:20am — 5 Comments