We’re beginning our fourth year with CMF, our fourth year with Canvas and our fourth year living in England. It’s hard to imagine that all of this time has passed already. From the time that we arrived until now, we’ve gone through a pretty big amount of life. While we’ve been here, we’ve been preparing [...]

Last week I traveled to Kidderminster to hear Alan Hirsch, author of The Forgotten Ways and co-author or Shaping of Things to come, speak to a group of Together in Mission master class students. I promised that I would be coming back here to list some of the poignant thoughts from the time. Maybe some of these will spark some discussion? See some of what I found fascinating about this time.

Today I’m off to spend a day in discussion with Alan Hirsch and a group of master-class students. We’ll be talking about topics related to Alan’s newest book The Forgotten Ways. He has co-authored a book called The Shaping of Things to Come with Michael Frost, who is responsible for the book I have found to be completely inspirational, Exiles: Living Missionally In A Post-Christian Culture.

One of the things I am most focused on right now is ensuring that I am loving the people I come into contact with, whether accidentally or intentionally. Am I showing them the love of Christ by being authentically interested in them and their lives and am I pushing my own boundaries of comfort on [...]

I recently sent this email to a guy I know who’s making quite a journey with God. As I read and reread it, I thought it might be encouraging/challenging for someone out there. So, enjoy: I’m having a cup of coffee in Spain. A cup of thick, strong coffee – the type that goes down [...]