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Stillness and Pioneering

jonnybaker — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 09:03:58 +0000

Lent – a time to reflect on mission discipleship?

jonnybaker — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 11:14:29 +0000

Lent is a time to prepare for Easter, and a time to think about what it means to follow Christ. If you are looking for something to do on your own or with your community here’s a couple of suggestions…

CMS has a resource called 40 days of yes – it’s free, short and simple and will help you reflect on mission and discipleship. you can download as a pdf or follow each day.

Brian Draper is running his annual reflections – he is a gifted writer in the area of spirituality

Elizabeth Sercombe is doing an online adventure thing – others have enthused to me about her – see more here – you’ll have to e-mail her for info

proost has a bundle of resources to use either individually or for a church – search under lent or look at the latest newsletter. they include of course the amazing si smith video 40 that i watch every lent and still love!

Christine Sine begins a series return to our senses in lent which starts tomorrow

Mark Pierson always sends me a resource printed for lent (and does the same for advent) through the post from new zealand which is extraordinary! you can see and sign up to receive his daily reflections here

What do pioneers think?

jonnybaker — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 20:25:00 +0000

I was asked today what pioneers think about the Church of England’s NO to women bishops. I guess there are a range of views 99.9% of wish are depressed about it. But here’s what one pioneer – Tina – had to say…

elegy for the light spectrum

Five Things I’ve Learned

jonnybaker — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 15:05:53 +0000

I have an article posted today on the Fresh Expressions web site on Five Things I Have Learned.

This is me stepping back and trying to articulate what we have learned after two years of the CMS pioneer mission leadership training. See what you think and go and join in the conversation in the comments.

The headlines are

Not fitting in is a wonderful gift
‘Why not?’ and ‘what if?’ are at the heart of pioneering
The church says it wants pioneers but…
Pioneers thrive in community
We’re still only at the start of something

Reversible Thinking

jonnybaker — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 08:25:03 +0000

This video Reversible Thinking was created by Sarah Roberts. Sarah is from Edinburgh and is on the missional entrepreneurship week which is part of the cms pioneer training. A year ago Sarah left her job with a dream and idea of working to help young people whose parents are in prison in scotland and is on the week to work that idea up. She is working with families outside.