Thinking about the “future of  mission” (or of anything for that matter) requires imagination.

A couple of decades ago I began to collect ideas and images of the future. One of several descriptors I used to paint portraits of the future was this:

Navigating the Maelstrom…of Missional Leadership in Traditional Settings – I am listening to a podcasted Q&A session with Erwin McManus and UK church leaders as I write. One person asks: How do you go about discerning how you can make the best contribution [with your life]?

Erwin’s reply is basically: focus on the things you [...]

Just to recap from the last article, here I am, seeing and experiencing things more humanly and more missionally, but I’m part of a traditional denomination (namely Methodism), so what do I do?

I imagined this as a “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” question so I could use my “phone-a-friend” option. Here is the [...]

Navigating the maelstrom of missional leadership within a traditional context – I was invited to share in another denomination’s Good Friday service this year – one of seven people reflecting on the words Jesus speaks from the cross (mine were, “It is finished” – interesting, in the light of what I’m going to now [...]

Here’s a link for today’s archived episode on The Four Turnings on All Things M

We’ve included below, for your convenience, some of the questions (and challenges) that came from my articles that we will talk about on today’s show. Just click on the “read more…” link below.

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What do people mean when they nod their head “Yes” in agreement? It’s not as clear cut as one might think. Here’s an episode that helps us crack the code.