aXiom – Finding Hope for the Canadian Church in a Changing Context aXiom was created to help leaders from churches and neighbourhoods find a path towards hope for the church in a changing context. The church has been marginalized in…continue reading
The Forge Blog
Alan Hirsch: Disciple-Making [VERGE video]
Solitude, Technology, Leadership & Formation
In the last two months one of the subtexts in my conversations and reflection has been solitude. It may have been provoked in part by an article in the UTNE Reader, September-October issue. The article by William Deresiewicz was titled,…continue reading
Discipleship – At What Cost?
“Our wisdom about individual transformation is not enough when it comes to community transformation.” Peter Block Block makes this bold statement in the Introduction, and if he is right, then much of our literature and practice around discipleship will prove…continue reading
Experimenting Into Change
In Introducing the Missional Church Roxburgh and Boren describe the early stages in shifting a church culture as “experimenting into change.” They warn first of risk aversion. What shapes a risk averse culture? some of the theologies of conversion push…continue reading
Ontology of Missional Community
I was looking at a diagram for the rhythm of missional community the other day, the old sodalic/modalic rhythm. It hit me that this was really an ontology – it was a reflection of the inner life of the Trinity.…continue reading