Some notes and quotes from Church on the Edge: “If Church is not a building you go to but a community you belong to, then when and how that meets can have no boundaries.” “If we assume everyone who comes to Church ‘ought to know what to do’, we shouldn’t be surprised if they don’t stay long.”
Alternative, more provocative title: Brian McLaren in a blouse? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNuSBGa1mLM] “The excerpt is from an episode from the 14th season of E.R. titled ‘Atonement’. A man looking for answers does not find what he needs in a post-modern view of religion.”
Just a minor diversion – mostly for my own benefit – as I think through our new youth work project. Some notes from Church on the Edge: Purpose: what are we here for? everything else should be measured up against this Values: what is important to us? values are often not what you make up, but are what you observe…
For my Culture, Society & Mission module I’m currently reading Exiles: Living Missionally in a Post-Christian Culture by Michael Frost, and thoroughly enjoying it. I’m a slow reader and a quick forgetter – so here, partly for my own reference purspose, are some of the quotes which jumped out at me: “The Christian movement must be the living, breathing promise…
A fascinating animation of the geographic spread of religion (via ThinkChristian):
Yesterday I lad the Brigade Service at Church on the theme of “A Different Christmas”. We had a quiz based around the following Christmas statistics (source) and then reflected on them and what they say about how we ‘celebrate’ Christmas: £600 million – spent on decorations annually 2 million metres – of fairy lights put up each year 15 hours…