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OK this is looking good and worth booking in for early! Sent me scurrying to see if we had Gospel Driven Church! RT you tweeters! pls

Thanks to @lensweet for pointing out what it means to be a first follower! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA8z7f7a2Pk&feature=youtube_gdata_player

I am currently enjoying the challenges of Miroslav Volf to engage in mission that sees our expression of love as a being 'Against the Tide'. Volf introduces what it is to erase the line that divides those with hope from those without hope as a means of securing justice. Sitting around and talking about it doesn't secure justice, actively erasing those lines is what mission is all about. First step look for the lines - where are they?

This looks like it will be well worth booking in for How is my neighbour @ The Salvation Army, Sutton Across our communities trust is eroding, stress is increasing and inequality is on the up. How do we love our neighbours when we don’t know who or how they are? This day is to be the start of a conversation about how Christians can act creatively to increase the ‘livability’ of our communities.  The day will include:  Plenary session on a theology of Livable communities and rediscovering shalom in the 21st Century.  8 inspiring presentations on models of intervention to increase wellbeing in our communities.  A 60 minute taster of Livability’s new Happiness Course for community groups  An exciting and interactive exhibition of organizations with resources to help your work Creative networking opportunities throughout the day  Tools for you to take away and utilise in your own context  "How is my neighbour?" is a huge question and the...

Thanks Mark for introducing me to Jim Lepage  and Word Bible Designs. A really useful resource, clever, insightful and beautiful!

"Christians particularly in the western world have for a long time been divided between "epistles people" and "gospels people". The epistles people have thought of Christianity primarily on terms of Jesus's death and resurrection saving us from our sins. The gospels people have thought in terms of following Jesus in feeding the Hungry, helping the poor, and so on the epistles people have often found it difficult to give a clear account of what was going on in jesus's kingdom announcement and his call to his followers to be perfect. The gospels people have often found it difficult to explain why the Jesus who was doing this had to die and die so soon. This either keeping does no justice to Jesus himself who through his death and resurrection was able to establish the kingdom he had already begun to inaugurate." Wright, N. T. (2010:96). Virtue reborn . London: Society for Promoting Christian

"The Church as the body of Christ, as Christ living in the world, has a larger task than to support, nurture, and guide its own members. It is also called to be a witness for the love of God made visible in Jesus. Before his death Jesus prayed for his followers, "As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world" (John 17:18). Part of the essence of being the Church is being a living witness for Christ in the world." Henri Nouwen

‎ This has been floating around the internet for a while, whether true or not there is power in the picture and the words. This photo supposedly* shows the collapse of Torrero Alvaro Munera, as he realized in the middle of the his last fight… the injustice to the animal. From that day forward he became an opponent of bullfights. ”And suddenly, I looked at the bull. He had this innocence that all animals have in their eyes, and he looked at me with this pleading. It was like a cry for justice, deep down inside of me. I describe it as being like a prayer – because if one confesses, it is hoped, that one is forgiven..." * the real matador is supposedly Francisco Javier Sánchez Vara, while the words associated with it were supposedly written by Antonio Gala Velasco! ( here )