Hearts and Stars

Wednesday 23 April 2008 at 12:33 pm In God we live and move and have our Being.
The Spirit of Wisdom is in all creation.
Where can we go from God’s presence? (more)

A Liturgy of Wisdom

Wednesday 13 June 2007 at 1:05 pm

This liturgyis an invocation of Wisdom, taken from scripture based on the Wisdom of Solomon. The text is loosely based on the NRSV. Wisdom is understood by many to be a feminine aspect of God, much neglected and supressed within the tradition. She is frequently identified with the Holy Spirit.

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X-Mas

Friday 11 May 2007 at 12:56 pm

A Visit to the Pub

A friend and I went to the a town pub last Christmas Eve; we had two encounters, quite different.

The first encounter was with a young female – we didn’t get her name. As we sat and mulled over the past year we heard her speak about her faith, she attended an Evangelical Charismatic Church on the outskirts of the city. However she had a more liberal approach to her faith, both theologically and socially. She was clearly aware of the tensions between her worship environment and chosen faith community and her inner awareness.

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Sacredthree

Friday 11 May 2007 at 12:55 pm

Play

The church is in total darkness apart from one side chapel, which is softly lit. Ambient music plays quietly in the background. One by one people arrive, they are young - mainly teenagers and twenty something's. There is a table in chapel with a range of sweets, drinks and snacks, people serve one another and themselves and relax. After a while Peter welcomes everyone to the gathering, he is the guide for the evening, although many people have contributed to its preparation. He introduces the first part of the gathering; there are a number of worship items to explore. People make there way to the various tables and chairs in the chapel.

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FourShapes

Friday 11 May 2007 at 12:54 pm

A Personal Journey

This article documents four experiences of church, four shapes of church that both represent what is 'emergent' and inform us of what forms future church may take. They are based on my personal experience over 12 years, they are therefore suspect as historical data; what is important is the shape, not the final details.

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Church as Story

Friday 11 May 2007 at 12:46 pm What is the Future Shape of Church? Is Church shape or structure? What is the shape or structure we need? Cell? Network? New? Old? Minster? Local? Dispersed? Are these models or rulebooks? What is missing? (more)