Mission – Ministry – Life
What’s cultural intelligence? It’s a bit like IQ but related to culture, the ability to recognise different and unfamiliar cultures and interpret what’s going on - the capacity to work and relate across cultures. We all look at the world through cultural spectacles. Guinea pig? In the UK people think of pets, in parts of... Continue Reading →
Today some notes from an Old Testament passage..... Psalm 67 1 May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine on us –2 so that your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations. 3 May the peoples praise you, God; may all the peoples praise you.4 May the nations be glad and sing for... Continue Reading →
One of the 5 marks of mission we looked at before (here) is the safeguarding of creation. It’s a topic which is key to thinking about mission in the future as we think about how the missions movement will respond to the climate emergency. These notes from a staff meeting were largely created by lifting... Continue Reading →
These are notes from one of our staff meetings, but like the ones on 2 Corinthians, these capture another of those passages that is central to my own thinking. John 20: 19-23 On the evening of that first day of the week, when the disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the... Continue Reading →
Continuing my notes from a staff meeting……. Romans 10:13-15 …for, ‘Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’ How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without... Continue Reading →
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. (Acts 1:8 NIV copyright Biblica) Continuing my notes from things I’ve shared in staff meetings here are a few thoughts from Acts... Continue Reading →
What’s your understanding of mission? In this second post, based on things I've shared in staff meetings, I want to look at the Anglican church's 5 marks of mission. Matthew 28: 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the... Continue Reading →
A short passage of Scripture? Something connected to Global Mission? Most weeks I try to start our staff zoom meetings with a scripture or thought about mission. It helps us think about what we do and why we do it. Often, we do this by way of questions and discussion which works well because we... Continue Reading →
In this third in a series of blog posts looking for a theological grounding to global mission I want to think about reconciliation and eschatology. In the two previous blogs I’ve looked at invitational community and Missio Dei & the resurrected Christ. These three things can be thought of as the legs of a stool,... Continue Reading →
My previous post suggested that invitational Community should be seen as one foundational aspect of a theology of global mission. Moving on from this I want to suggest that the second leg of this theological stool should be Missio Dei and the resurrected Christ. As before, what follows are suggestive thoughts rather than a worked... Continue Reading →
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