krish kandiah's blog Is Christianity Supposed to be Masculine?

Thank God for John Piper I am grateful for the ministry of John Piper. His book “Desiring God” challenged my thinking as a teenager. His book “Let the nations be glad” provided quotes and hints when I was recruiting student evangelists to travel with my wife and I to go to Albania. The generosity of the Desiring God team kept [...]

2/6/2012 2:47:05 PM

Jonny Baker on poets and prophets

i have blogged several times about poets and prophets. they seem to have a kind of speech that comes from the same place, have a similar way of seeing and remaking the world. if there is one writer who has...

2/5/2012 9:18:46 AM

house244 Grow Zones social – Sat 11th February 10am to 12 noon

A few of us that have been involved in Grow Zones in Oxford are getting together on Saturday at house244 for a seed swap and bit of a social. Join us if you want to find out a little more about Grow Zones and possibly be involved in a local team in the spring. It [...]

2/4/2012 4:32:05 PM

Jonny Baker parables

kate tempest on random acts performing parables...

2/3/2012 11:42:32 PM

tallskinnykiwi What Dorothy Day might teach bloggers

Dorothy Day once described herself as "a journalist and a diarist pure and simple" as opposed to a writer of books. As a young girl, she kept a diary and later became a journalist to pay the bills. I would...

2/2/2012 2:36:09 PM

In the Belly of the Big Fish (Ian Adams) lighting fires for Imbolc and Candlemas

here's my latest post for Communities of the Mystic Christ... Time to light a candle, time to light a ...

2/1/2012 11:04:00 AM

krish kandiah's blog A Lost Generation?

It’s always risky to tweet during a meeting… krishk Meeting with @MarkMolden @wendybeechward and a whole host of other interesting peeps talking about how we disciple this rising generation 31/01/2012 12:40 I wanted to let my friends and followers know that we were doing something about the exodus of children and young people from the church and so the above [...]

2/1/2012 9:59:34 AM

krish kandiah's blog Tom Wright, Everyone and You?

Tom Wright is one of the world’s greatest living Biblical scholars. I have enjoyed many of his books so I was delighted to receive a copy of Stephen Kuhrt’s book “Tom Wright for Everybody.” There’s a lot to like about this book and here’s 5 reasons why you might enjoy it: 1. Its abbreviated in 105 pages Kuhrt manages to [...]

1/31/2012 11:52:42 PM

Irene and Malcolm Crawford Time flies - and so do we (February 2012)

In some ways the past three months in the UK

1/30/2012 3:23:00 PM

tallskinnykiwi Covenant Making is not always evil

Yesterday I was at All Saints [Hataitai] Church to witness and participate in a covenant signing ceremony. But before you get all excited about that word "covenant", I should tell you that: 1. Yes, I know all about last week's...

1/29/2012 1:29:42 PM

Kouya Chronicle - Eddie Arthur Running Report: January

This year, I’ve set myself the rather random goal of running 750 miles. Last year, in a good week, I would run about 15 miles and on a bad week a good deal less. By setting the target of 750 miles, I’m basically committing myself to running 14.4 miles a week – which means that [...]

1/28/2012 7:50:20 PM

krish kandiah's blog Awesome catch

Amazing catch from a 14 year old ball boy. Lightning reflexes . Love the way this lad  upstages both Nadal and Federer at the Australian Open.

1/27/2012 11:20:03 PM