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One of the things that stops mission today is that we don’t like doing routine things, we are into the novelty factor. There can be tension if we are asked to do the same thing over and over again. We love the new initiative, the exciting programme which is sweeping the world. Routine is not a […]
For those of you who want to become serial inviters I have a challenge for you. We currently don’t tell enough stories of God-given transformation, we fall in love with the outer elements of church the liturgy, songs, sermon etc. Find the most intriguing, compelling interesting story of transformation in your church and start telling that story. Tell that […]
I stayed with my great friends in France whose house is called La Coursonne. It means the buds which are left on the vine when the vineyard owner has pruned back the vine. From the buds growth comes, and the growth is even stronger because all the unnecessary part of the vine has been cut away. Pruning […]
The first thing The First Thing 16 June 2013
A serial inviter who I met in France told me how he responds to rejection. He told me he gets rejected over and over again. But he explained that in the invitation we must have a win for the person we are inviting. So when he hears a no, he does not give up, but explains to […]
No man’s land was the space between two opposing armies. Often in a lull between conflict a cease fire was called, and medical personnel were able to go and pick up the wounded and injured. But at all other times you just didn’t go there. There is a no man’s land today, which might be described as […]
Invitation was always part of Christianity back in the day. Yet in our generation Christianity appears to have become a private thing. When did faith become private? When you think about it, science is public, faith private, the arts are public, faith is private! This is the reason that Christians are seen as being either pushy, bible bashing. But […]