From Knowledge to Wisdomtag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1038982010-03-21T22:36:18+01:00Andrew B's account from along the way.
"Let's pray that the human race never escapes from Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere." C S Lewis
TypePadThe Kingdom of God, thoughts from the Starfish Manifestotag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cd88a53ef01310fc5eb3e970c2010-03-21T22:36:18+01:002010-03-21T22:39:01+01:00Recently I have been dipping into Wolfgang Simson's "Starfish Manifesto" and watching some of the related Starfish Serie on YouTube. I shared some thoughts about the Kingdom of God with our gathering of saints today. These are my notes:Andrew BRMC House Church Conference 2009-11-07tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cd88a53ef0120a6c16c7c970b2009-11-21T23:11:05+01:002009-11-23T23:52:17+01:00 It seems obvious really, the mission of the church is to bring the Kingdom of God to people just as Jesus did. Invite them into discipleship as followers of Jesus. This mission is the reason for the existence of the church. If the church is not carrying out its mission it does not really exist as church.
This the challenging message I got from the one day conference on House Church organised by the Rhein Maas Church network of house churches on 7 November. Andrew BDelirious? in The Haguetag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341cd88a53ef0120a6abe19f970b2009-11-17T22:43:03+01:002009-11-17T22:43:03+01:00Still buzzing from the experience of being at the Delirious? concert in The Hague last night. Their only Dutch stop on their Farewell Tour before closing down after 17 years of playing together.Andrew BGuest interview with Frank Violatag:typepad.com,2003:post-676463752009-06-09T06:00:00+02:002009-06-09T06:31:10+02:00This post is one of a series in a 'Blog Circuit' involving more than 50 other blogs (see the list below). These are my questions to Frank Viola about his book "From Eternity to Here: Rediscovering the Ageless Purpose of...Andrew BGod's Purpose: the Bride of Christtag:typepad.com,2003:post-663159052009-05-03T22:29:00+02:002009-05-03T22:29:00+02:00These are notes for a talk shared with our gathering of the saints on 3 May. Ruth, one of the saints in our meeting, had spoken on the Lamb of God at our previous meeting. She remarked how strange this...Andrew BEvolution and Genesistag:typepad.com,2003:post-631938352009-02-22T20:28:00+01:002009-02-23T00:16:57+01:00A while ago in the corner of Facebook where I hang out a wave of "25 random things about me" passed through. People posted a list of things about themselves as a means of getting to know their Facebook friends....Andrew BReimagining Church: Pursuing the Dream of Organic Christianitytag:typepad.com,2003:post-597724182008-12-20T23:32:00+01:002008-12-20T23:32:00+01:00I have really enjoyed reading "Reimagining Church". After the deconstruction of the traditional church in "Pagan Christianity" it is good to rediscover what should be taking its place by following Frank Viola through a whole series of "re-imaginings" of every...Andrew BThe paradigm shift of "Surprised by Hope"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-552107482008-09-06T23:44:20+02:002008-09-06T23:44:20+02:00So far I'm about half way into NT Wright's "Surprised by Hope". On the one hand his account is a comfort. He is able explain how things hang together in a way that I find satisfying. I thought things were...Andrew BBeacons of an interbellumtag:typepad.com,2003:post-543113322008-08-17T20:43:00+02:002008-08-17T20:43:00+02:00The Saturday papers had a piece about the forgotten destruction of Tokyo. Atom bombs dropped on two other cities led to the Japanese capitulation on 15 August 1945. But several months before that 60% of Tokyo had been destroyed by...Andrew BMatt Redman and Hillsong London in Zwolletag:typepad.com,2003:post-520383582008-06-30T00:19:00+02:002008-06-30T00:19:00+02:00Mixed Messages About Church On Saturday evening we were in Zwolle at the last concert in the Take it to the Streets '08 Tour by Matt Redman and Hillsong London. The Hillsong team was led by Peter Wilson. There were...Andrew BPrayers of intercessiontag:typepad.com,2003:post-505292682008-05-28T23:35:00+02:002008-05-28T23:35:00+02:00I was asked to lead the prayers of intercession in our Sunday gathering ten days ago. Normally as part of our prayers we pray for "the world" focussing on current issues. I found it daunting to pray for the people...Andrew BWandering from Frank Viola to NT Wright to Sinéad O'Connortag:typepad.com,2003:post-482475202008-05-24T17:35:00+02:002008-05-24T17:35:00+02:00Stream of semi-consciousness Took a couple of weeks off work recently and tried to do too many things at once. The main target is painting some of the house and disposing of some of its contents. This is progressing. But...Andrew B"Great Hatred, Little Room" - peace in Northern Irelandtag:typepad.com,2003:post-493813662008-05-04T14:46:00+02:002008-05-04T14:46:00+02:00Been reading Jonathan Powell's "Great Hatred, Little Room" on the history of the Northern Ireland peace process, after a tip by banstead on Flickr. Powell was Tony Blair's Chief of Staff and deeply involved, for ten years, in the public...Andrew BThe Shacktag:typepad.com,2003:post-441322582008-01-14T22:30:00+01:002008-01-14T22:30:00+01:00"The Shack" William P. Young (Updated 2008-01-16 20:58 CET) After "The Time Traveler's Wife" more fiction about love. This time the love of God. Whereas the TTW was about passionate, erotic love between a man and a woman, with a...Andrew BQuote on Knowledge and Wisdomtag:typepad.com,2003:post-435000322008-01-01T22:21:05+01:002008-01-01T22:21:05+01:00"We don't develop spiritual maturity by accumulating knowledge, but by increasing in godly wisdom. This kind of wisdom comes from above and cannot be gained by academic study." "Hiddenness and Manifestation: What Is Really Happening When God Doesn't Seem to...Andrew BLove time by timetag:typepad.com,2003:post-425181922007-12-07T00:15:00+01:002007-12-07T00:15:00+01:00I haven't read much fiction recently. A while ago The Time Traveler's Wife came in my direction and I have just finished reading it. This is a beautiful love story set in modern day Chicago. The lovers are Henry and...Andrew BLove like a morning cloudtag:typepad.com,2003:post-423123942007-12-02T23:57:00+01:002007-12-02T23:57:00+01:00I was caught this Sunday morning by the prayer of penitence we used in our gathering: Lord our God, in our sin we have avoided your call. Our love for you is like a morning cloud, like the dew that...Andrew BTime Traveltag:typepad.com,2003:post-418710402007-11-21T22:51:00+01:002007-11-21T22:51:00+01:00Been time travelling. My parents, in their nineties, are preparing to move from the family homestead of more than fifty years, to an apartment. My mother is boasting that she has not thrown out even a bus ticket since 1950....Andrew BTrying out SlideFlickr.comtag:typepad.com,2003:post-409582162007-11-01T07:39:16+01:002007-11-01T07:39:16+01:00This is just to try SlideFlickr.com. Here is my current set of photos of Eindhoven.Andrew BPrayers on today's lectionarytag:typepad.com,2003:post-405035162007-10-21T22:26:00+02:002007-10-21T22:26:00+02:00Today I led prayers at our gathering based on the readings offered in the Revised Common Lectionary. Intro We are doing something a bit different in our prayers today. I have taken a few verses from each of the readings...Andrew B