tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855631238554868775Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:34:44 +00002009mateshipgospelGod's loveeaster campidolsthankfulcultureimmerseworldartmovementfaithleadershipcreatecreativitymediumfriendshipstory of Godchurch plantingmessagestoryingstate of originfearlovemoneyservinghttp://accessthestory.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (trav johnson)Blogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855631238554868775.post-5991481562027754833Sat, 07 Jan 2012 22:48:00 +00002012-01-08T09:24:16.055+10:30THE PREMIERE A good movie has the potential to be a transformational experience. When a much anticipated release is premiered, people flock to the cinema not just to be entertained, but to enter into an experience, and to perhaps walk away having their view of the world and life changed. Story has always worked in this way - we love to be able to enter into another world, and more often http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~3/1B2SDswuQX8/bible-as-screenplay-6.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (trav johnson)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~4/1B2SDswuQX8" height="1" width="1"/>http://accessthestory.blogspot.com/2012/01/bible-as-screenplay-6.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855631238554868775.post-7086536346399503125Sat, 24 Dec 2011 12:56:00 +00002011-12-24T23:26:02.069+10:30 How is it possible to celebrate when conflict remains unresolved, or you're dealing with a sense of feeling displaced? Christmas is no doubt typified by overlooking differences, and bringing family together, but what if conflict is so sharp it feels hypocritical to "carry on" without seeking swift resolution? ... or if there are circumstances beyond your control where you're not where you http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~3/TC1Xr2TbbAk/unresolved-displaced.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (trav johnson)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~4/TC1Xr2TbbAk" height="1" width="1"/>http://accessthestory.blogspot.com/2011/12/unresolved-displaced.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855631238554868775.post-9216833855203790505Thu, 06 Oct 2011 23:37:00 +00002011-10-07T10:07:55.220+10:30THE EDIT - HOW CAN WE BEST TELL THIS STORY?Now, here's where we can run into some trouble with this concept. Not because it doesn't have merit, but if we don't take the time to undo our typical understanding of editing we walk a dodgy line.There are people who love editors, and people who hate them. I'm no politician, but I would hazard a guess that political leaders have found themselves at http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~3/ZnMqOI0dAT4/bible-as-screenplay-5.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (trav johnson)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~4/ZnMqOI0dAT4" height="1" width="1"/>http://accessthestory.blogspot.com/2011/10/bible-as-screenplay-5.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855631238554868775.post-1277084138827296259Mon, 26 Sep 2011 02:28:00 +00002011-09-26T11:58:53.834+09:30THE SHOOT - HOW CAN THE STORY LOOK?The actual shoot is a complex and pressured environment, but if done well can be an excellent example of a team working together to see a dream of come to fruition.A good shoot assumes that a whole host of things have come together - mostly initiated by the director.(There's a lot more to directing a film than what I first thought. My impression of the directorhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~3/Ffpdo98YvPs/bible-as-screenplay-4.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (trav johnson)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~4/Ffpdo98YvPs" height="1" width="1"/>http://accessthestory.blogspot.com/2011/09/bible-as-screenplay-4.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855631238554868775.post-3072738252936547864Wed, 21 Sep 2011 06:58:00 +00002011-09-21T16:28:24.722+09:30THE SCREENPLAY - WHAT IS THE STORY?My perception of a screenplay is that it isn't worth much, unless it's really good ... And even then the final film may not look like anything like the original script once the director, actors and editor have all gotten to it.I'm no movie producer, but I imagine the average producer's desk will have a high level of screenplay traffic. Everyone thinks they're http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~3/McvjIc2AlKQ/bible-as-screenplay-3.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (trav johnson)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~4/McvjIc2AlKQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://accessthestory.blogspot.com/2011/09/bible-as-screenplay-3.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855631238554868775.post-7974320678538842114Fri, 16 Sep 2011 05:42:00 +00002011-09-16T15:13:33.460+09:30FILM-MAKING HAS LEVELSRecently I went to a 10 day film school - and to be honest I was out of my league with some of the folks there, but I learned heaps.I came away feeling better equipped in the opportunity of making short films for a ministry context, but better than that, the time gave me an insight into the art of film-making and how it can serve as an excellent paradigm for spiritual http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~3/KXt3AbzK1LA/bible-as-screenplay-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (trav johnson)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~4/KXt3AbzK1LA" height="1" width="1"/>http://accessthestory.blogspot.com/2011/09/bible-as-screenplay-2.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855631238554868775.post-7167615602790100779Tue, 13 Sep 2011 03:23:00 +00002011-09-13T12:53:13.928+09:30MORE THAN A MANUALBent down over the evaporative air conditioner on our rooftop, I had an epiphany. After playing with the control panel and circuit breakers for half an hour, then pretending like I knew what I was doing in taking some of the unit apart, it became so clear - I should probably look at the manual.The manual could tell me of the air conditioner's design, the potential problems I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~3/kxY_a7_shdg/bible-as-screenplay-1.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (trav johnson)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~4/kxY_a7_shdg" height="1" width="1"/>http://accessthestory.blogspot.com/2011/09/bible-as-screenplay-1.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855631238554868775.post-7004522286407729523Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:28:00 +00002011-06-02T19:58:38.464+09:30"a life with no story is no life at all"This proverb is core to what I do.This proverb is controversial enough to spark interest.This proverb is concrete enough to be memorable.This proverb is true enough to be credible.This proverb is mysterious enough to invite wonder.This proverb is inconclusive enough to evoke a response.This proverb can only be fulfilled in God's story.Just some thoughts.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~3/9FQk_qsGjEc/my-proverb.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (trav johnson)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~4/9FQk_qsGjEc" height="1" width="1"/>http://accessthestory.blogspot.com/2011/06/my-proverb.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855631238554868775.post-2306667157293722853Wed, 18 May 2011 11:39:00 +00002011-05-18T22:30:16.182+09:30 Once there was a chair. Well-worn, but you couldn't say it was tattered. Well-placed, but it was certainly not in the centre of things. A unique chair, but one among many in the room in which it stayed. The chair was at the end of a long table. A table that provided space for the gift to be carefully and deliberately unwrapped. Every day it was the same gift, but every day it was, in some http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~3/pO7OhzrzKIM/gift-of-leadership.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (trav johnson)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~4/pO7OhzrzKIM" height="1" width="1"/>http://accessthestory.blogspot.com/2011/05/gift-of-leadership.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855631238554868775.post-4850944725413434324Sun, 20 Mar 2011 10:56:00 +00002011-03-22T08:38:23.778+10:30I'm looking forward to gaining some further insight into what Rob Bell thinks of heaven and hell, but for now what intrigues me is the "hell" around the launch of his latest offering. No, I havn't read the book - but I probably will.If you're not aware of the "controversy" surrounding Bell's new book "Love Wins", then you obviously havn't been on facebook, twitter, or youtube for the last week http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~3/WCqGaaLQ6NQ/bell-hell.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (trav johnson)3<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~4/WCqGaaLQ6NQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://accessthestory.blogspot.com/2011/03/bell-hell.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855631238554868775.post-236585945366087175Mon, 07 Mar 2011 00:43:00 +00002011-03-07T11:13:32.464+10:30 Every year God gives me a word that helps me understand a theme for ministry. This year the word is 'exposure'... And I've been learning a lot in the last week through this word. I began by thinking that the meaning of exposure was that my ministry would gain further exposure in different arenas...this might be true, but it's not the entire picture. Here's what God has showed me in the last http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~3/wAZG6UeHnOo/exposure.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (trav johnson)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~4/wAZG6UeHnOo" height="1" width="1"/>http://accessthestory.blogspot.com/2011/03/exposure.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855631238554868775.post-3356521387176215575Mon, 21 Feb 2011 10:11:00 +00002011-02-21T21:47:21.723+10:30 I'm sitting at the foot of the statue of Colonel William Light. I'm discovering more of who God is. Tonight as I walked from Light Square to this place I looked for memories of Eden as I was asked to with the students we are leading through Immerse. I especially noticed a young guy pulling an intense jump on his bike, a woman laughing on the phone as I crossed the River Torrens, people http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~3/iKKMCv3lmQQ/im-sitting-at-foot-of-statue-of-colonel.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (trav johnson)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~4/iKKMCv3lmQQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://accessthestory.blogspot.com/2011/02/im-sitting-at-foot-of-statue-of-colonel.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855631238554868775.post-1261333469181908928Tue, 01 Feb 2011 05:50:00 +00002011-02-01T16:20:24.208+10:30 I remember the day when commercial breaks were what happened between the "real shows" (at least I was naive enough to think that!) The ads would come on, and you could afford to tune out for a while, and wait for your sitcom, soap opera, movie, or cartoon to return - pick up the story again, and carry you into the other world of mystery, suspense, tragedy or hilarity. Sometimes I wonder if http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~3/utGRWecLit8/between-ads.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (trav johnson)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~4/utGRWecLit8" height="1" width="1"/>http://accessthestory.blogspot.com/2011/02/between-ads.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855631238554868775.post-7151758598385671576Thu, 20 Jan 2011 23:24:00 +00002011-01-21T09:54:01.047+10:30My Christmas break reading has been Bonhoeffer's biography by Metaxas ... Nearly finished 542 pages, phew!It's been a great read on many levels... History, romance, ministry, advocacy... Not to mention theology. I found this quote particularly insightful:"As long as Christ and the world are conceived as two realms bumping up against each other and repelling each other, we are left with only the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~3/OW-xU1aexJI/bonhoeffer-on-reality.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (trav johnson)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~4/OW-xU1aexJI" height="1" width="1"/>http://accessthestory.blogspot.com/2011/01/bonhoeffer-on-reality.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855631238554868775.post-2334435849777586510Thu, 13 Jan 2011 00:37:00 +00002011-01-13T11:10:43.443+10:30http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~3/kBUA3z5FMy8/splash-of-immerse-12th-feb-2011_13.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (trav johnson)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~4/kBUA3z5FMy8" height="1" width="1"/>http://accessthestory.blogspot.com/2011/01/splash-of-immerse-12th-feb-2011_13.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855631238554868775.post-7079864092110475416Wed, 15 Dec 2010 23:31:00 +00002010-12-16T10:37:59.578+10:30The last couple of weeks I've been working on a new version of IMMERSE where we'll have learners focus on the life and ministry of Jesus. Aside from it being an incredibly enriching experience, there's something I noticed.The way I've chosen to trace the narrative thread of this part of God's story has been to use six key words in the progression of Jesus' story mainly from the book of Matthew:http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~3/8pxfwipzbrc/something-i-noticed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (trav johnson)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~4/8pxfwipzbrc" height="1" width="1"/>http://accessthestory.blogspot.com/2010/12/something-i-noticed.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855631238554868775.post-5139050729958943199Wed, 15 Dec 2010 23:02:00 +00002010-12-16T09:35:18.188+10:30I'm on the mailing list for worship house media - i didn't mind this presentation: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~3/94e2dZDPCC4/facebook-welcomes-jesus.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (trav johnson)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~4/94e2dZDPCC4" height="1" width="1"/>http://accessthestory.blogspot.com/2010/12/facebook-welcomes-jesus.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855631238554868775.post-581006805987199858Wed, 08 Dec 2010 22:57:00 +00002010-12-09T09:27:00.869+10:30After a number of recommendations, and then a random connection with one of the authors, I finally got it through my thick head to read this gem.How Roshan Allpress and Andrew Shamy managed to cover the narrative of the Bible in such an engaging way in 80 pages still leaves me scratching my head, but they did it. What's more, they've written it in such a way that can awaken anyone to this story http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~3/kHNO2NR4zpk/insect-and-buffalo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (trav johnson)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~4/kHNO2NR4zpk" height="1" width="1"/>http://accessthestory.blogspot.com/2010/12/insect-and-buffalo.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855631238554868775.post-7919118872151012069Wed, 01 Dec 2010 22:58:00 +00002010-12-02T09:38:03.644+10:30So, here's a christmas observation - not a whinge, just an observation.I'm not normally all that vocal when it comes to the Christmas season ... it's almost an intentional decision for me not to jump on the Santa-slugging bandwagon. There's plenty of folks who seem to be willing to protest our cultures' ironic ability to celebrate the Christmas season without recognizing the centrality of Jesus http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~3/nq_B3daQaZ8/bah-humbug.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (trav johnson)4<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~4/nq_B3daQaZ8" height="1" width="1"/>http://accessthestory.blogspot.com/2010/12/bah-humbug.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855631238554868775.post-5681338094106420449Sat, 13 Nov 2010 03:44:00 +00002010-11-13T14:15:12.266+10:30The young people who carry the gospel to the coming generations will be the young people who have souls. They will be people of prayer, people who know how to be renewed by the spring of God's love. They will be people of hope and humor, people humble enough (and crazy enough) to follow the voice of Jesus. They will be people who are not afraid to look and see and respond to suffering. They http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~3/v64ynK34T3Q/to-coming-generations.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (trav johnson)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~4/v64ynK34T3Q" height="1" width="1"/>http://accessthestory.blogspot.com/2010/11/to-coming-generations.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855631238554868775.post-9199268973955876141Sat, 06 Nov 2010 05:18:00 +00002010-11-06T15:48:18.812+10:30... speaks something into nothing.Where there is an absence of story, or perhaps a bad story, a good story-teller walks in and changes reality.He doesn't critique the existing story, or lament about his boredom, like a critic. He just tells something different and invites other people into the new story he is telling.P232, Millerhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~3/mEZytmfh7iU/good-story-teller.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (trav johnson)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~4/mEZytmfh7iU" height="1" width="1"/>http://accessthestory.blogspot.com/2010/11/good-story-teller.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855631238554868775.post-1766143868666297843Thu, 04 Nov 2010 05:04:00 +00002010-11-04T16:19:57.739+10:30"But Victor Frankl whispered in my ear all the same. He said to me I was a tree in a story about a forest, and that it was arrogant of me to believe any differently. And he told me the story of the forest is better than the story of the tree." P198 - Millerhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~3/N1IOz_50EJk/story-of-forest.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (trav johnson)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~4/N1IOz_50EJk" height="1" width="1"/>http://accessthestory.blogspot.com/2010/11/story-of-forest.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855631238554868775.post-5672936607801324428Sun, 31 Oct 2010 05:32:00 +00002010-10-31T16:02:28.915+10:30"a character who wants something and overcomes conflict to get it" A nice definition from Donald Miller in "a million miles in a thousand years"http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~3/qNjyQmNAYRM/story-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (trav johnson)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~4/qNjyQmNAYRM" height="1" width="1"/>http://accessthestory.blogspot.com/2010/10/story-is.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855631238554868775.post-6029717811653102501Thu, 23 Sep 2010 04:20:00 +00002010-09-24T15:22:29.903+09:30... ok, ok, the Jesuit monk isn't actually coming to Interchange, but I'm hoping to pick up on a practice he instituted with his crew back in the 1500's.As we work on the schedule for our time together (25-28 October), I'm wanting to build in some space where we intentionally listen for the voice of God in our own lives, and in the movement of YMA.You can read up on the "Ignatian Examen" here ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~3/lMLVZroGu4g/ignatius-interchange.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (trav johnson)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~4/lMLVZroGu4g" height="1" width="1"/>http://accessthestory.blogspot.com/2010/09/ignatius-interchange.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5855631238554868775.post-4559869256513978781Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:53:00 +00002010-09-01T16:30:51.137+09:30Things are gearing for us to be hosting YMA's national conference - INTERCHANGE (25-28 October).Peter Barney (pictured) from Scripture Union WA will be our keynote speaker on the topic "God's Story, Our Story" ...When I asked him "what do you hope for as you share at INTERCHANGE 2010?" here's what he said:"I am excited about the way Youth Ministries is seeing the narrative in the Bible give life http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~3/L6x6y-bTH8Y/interchange-2010.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (trav johnson)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/travaccessthestory/~4/L6x6y-bTH8Y" height="1" width="1"/>http://accessthestory.blogspot.com/2010/09/interchange-2010.html