Hymns vs Choruses, the never ending debate. I have some thoughts: (in this text consider the word Chorus to mean ‘Contemporary Song’ to those that feel offended by the word Chorus!)…: “Choruses are repetitive.” Songs aren’t repetitive, worship leaders are – it is possible for a worship leader to play more songs rather than repeat [...]
Last night I was learning to play bridge (long story) and thought I’d try playing a hand or two at yahoo games. While on there I saw someone in the bridge chat room explaining why they were a Christian, but not really satisfying his enquirers. I do love these conversations. So as the melee began [...]
A friend suggested that the Postmodern Christianity movement is really just conversations about how to be a Christian in the current climate – which I think is a great description of the core of this stuff, but pomo-christianity doesn’t describe the fruit or anything else surrounding the movement. I think the postmodern approach is naturally [...]
On my travels I’ve observed that the Emerging Chruch movement & Postmodern Christianity seem to have no place outside young middle-class christendom subcultures. It removes barriers for a few educated already-Christians, but is it helpful for anyone else outside this narrow population strata? (or thin ice perhaps?) In a time when we should be seeking [...]
2008 Note: This was written after Jo & I had left Sheffield to serve & visit misisonary friends. We sold up our house & possessions to buy a round the world ticket and set off in August 2005 to see where God would take us. After 3 months in the US and 3 months in [...]
