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Naming That Nothingness
Sacred Agents #108: Naming That Nothingness – Just what is this lack-of-faith so many Australians believe in?
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Sacred Agents #107: In which we tackle the fear of rejection head on …not that any of us are afraid, of course
More of a Heart than a Science
Sacred Agents #106: More of a Heart than a Science – 2min read in which I tell of the Swiss exchange student who threatened to kill me.
The Power of a Farewell
SacredAgents #105: An exercise for small groups in articulating the good news … and more
The Ungated Community
Sacred Agents #104: That ‘the gates of Hades will not overcome’ the church is even better news than we perhaps thought.
Who Gets Jesus?
Sacred Agents #103: Are our gatherings as inviting and accessible as Jesus is?
Getting In and Out of the Way
Sacred Agents #102: Finding the balance between absenting ourselves from what God is doing and projecting ourselves all over it.
To Put it Bluntly
Sacred Agents #101: My kids tell me that I have a ‘joke voice’, even when I think I’m being dead-pan. But it helps them to totally tune out, laugh politely when I stop talking, and get on with their lives. It would be wrong of me to use my joke voice to alert them to the fire and their need to escape.
Re-membering the Body
Sacred Agents #100: The huge benefits of doing mission together. “If we want people to see Christ, we should show them the body of Christ. Of all the ways that we manage to stuff up the mission God has given us, surely taking it on as an individual rather than team event is the most hapless…”
Vision and Vocation
Sacred Agents #99: Typically churches use the term vision to describe the bigger and future direction for a church. But I think vocation is better. It asks the question “What is God’s vision for this church?” “What has he put us here and called us together for?” It helps in several ways: