Articles, Extracts and Notes You will find in the categories here material that I have gathered together over a few years.  Some of these are:   1.  Extracts from books I have read [and may well contain errors of mine]   2.  Articles that have helped me to think issues through   3.  Other notes and diagrams that you may find useful In some subjects I have included articles from different viewpoints, so it goes without saying that because something included here does not mean that necessarily I agree with it.  However, each of these has helped me [and continue to help me] think through the issues they raise.  I'll leave you to make you own mind up.   Recently Added Resources: Eckhart Tolle and the Christian tradition - Richard Rohr Conversations among Exiles - Walter Brueggemann Covenant as a Subversive Paradigm - Walter Brueggemann The Message of the Psalms Walter notes - Walter Brueggemann Rethinking Church Models through Scripture - Walter Brueggemann A synopsis of stage theory – James Fowler Anxiety – Ann Morisy Consumption, the Market, and the Eucharist – WT Cavanaugh Crossing the Bridge – Alan Roxburgh The Engels Scale (Adapted) Man’s search for Meaning – Victor Frankl Misc Quotations Mission in a Postmodern World – CMS Song of Bethlehem Speaking Christianly as a missional activity in the midst of Babel - D Oudshoorn Stages of Faith - James Fowler The TED commandments The emerging culture of post-Christendom – Sara Savage What we believe – therefugeonline.org Vital Church Planting Toronto 2008 Session 1 Vital Church Planting Toronto 2008 Session 2 Articles: Thank goodness Lent is ending . . . - March 2009 'Ours is a friendly church' - August 2008 Welcoming the Stranger - August 2008 In Praise of Slow - March 2008 Work and Spirituality - October 2007 Children in the Way - May 2007 Liminal Space - November 2006 VE/VJ Sunday Address - June 2005 Best of Both Worlds - Ascension Day 2005 St Paul's Crossover - A Christian Presence in a multi-faith area - March 2005 Contemplative Prayer- November 2004 Staff Team Day on Forgiveness - May 2002 Crossing the Gap - March 2002 A Servant Church - March 2002 St Paul's Crossover - an outline of actitivies - March 2002 Reports: Report to DCC AGM - April 2008 Town Centre Ministry vision Statement - July 2007 Report to DCC Annual Meeting [PowerPoint] - April 2007 Vision & Strategy Group Report to PCC - January 2007 Job Description for Youth Minister - January 2007 Resolutions passed by the PCC following the Team Parish Day Away - November 2006 Team Parish Vision & Strategy Group - 2nd Report - September 2006 Team Parish Vision & Strategy Group - 1st Report - May 2006 Rector's Report to St Michael's DCC - October 2005 Prayer Booklet: 'Patterns of Prayer' Booklet used in the parish on a regular basis.   1.  Introduction   2.  Start of Day Prayers   3.  End of Day Prayers   4.  Misc. Emerging Church: The Bible for the postmodern world - Tom Wright About 'emergent' An open letter to worship song writers - Brian McLaren Church and mission - Open Source Theology Evangelicalism and post-evangelicalism - Open Source Theology Hermeneutics - Open Source Theology The core narrative - Open Source Theology Towards an emerging theology - Open Source Theology Also look at the folowing links:    http://emergingchurch.info    http://www.brianmclaren.net    http://www.opensourcetheology.net  Contemplation: 'Soul Listening' from Anthony Contemporary monasticism - Paul Chambers Free to find our deepest desires - Gerald Hughes Immersed in silence - John Naish Contemplation and resistance - Kenneth Leech No choice but to pray - Conrad Hoover The hermit's battle - Una Kroll The source and the fruit - Duane Shank Three inner polarities - Henri Nouwen The Power of Now [notes] - Eckhart Tolle Simple prayer [extracts] - John Dalrymple Willingness and willfulness [notes] - Gerald May True self/False self comparison Contemplative spirituality and spiritual direction - Elsa McInnes Charasmatic renewal and contemplation - Thomas Keating Silence - Thomas Merton Contemplative prayer in the Western Tradition - Rob Moore Embracing the eternal now - Susan Rush Centering prayer as divine therapy - Thomas Keating The contemplative parish - Laurence Freeman Thoughts in solitude - Thomas Merton Two sides of wisdom's coin - Laurence Freeman What contemplation is NOT - Thomas Keating What is Christian Meditation - WCCM What makes spirituality Christian? - Willow Creek Also see documents under 'Richard Rohr' Creation Spirituality: Creation Spirituality starts with original blessing, rather than with original sin.  It regains the understanding that our original and true nature, the original and true nature of all things, is "very good."  Although this good original self has been obscured and distorted by alienation and sin, it is still our authentic self.  Redemption comes to us, not as a power alien to our natures, but as an "aha" experience that puts us back in touch with our authentic natures. What is creation centred spirituality? - Grace Blindell A critique of Matthew Fox part 1 - Lawrence Osborn A critique of Matthew Fox part 2 - Lawrence Osborn Bringing Matthew Fox from the cold? - Wayne Boulton Quantum Theology [extracts] - Diardmuid O'Murchu Attitudes to People of Other Faiths: Can evangelicals learn from world religions? (a) Can evangelicals learn from world religions? (b) Bradford, more than a race war - Philip Lewis Can only Christians be saved - Bible passages Christian salvation and other faiths - Loughborough University Chaplaincy Christian theology and other faiths - Rowan Williams Jacques Dupuis' Christian theology and religious pluralism - G Hall Christianity and the religions - Jacques Dupuis The storm of the spirit - Jacques Dupuis Multiculturalism is to blame for perverting young Muslims - Michael Nazir-Ali Confidence in the gospel - Lesslie Newbigin The clash of civilisations - Samuel Huntington Christian uniqueness - Daniel Strange Understanding Islam [notes] - Chris Hewer The mystery of salvation - The Doctrine Commission Social Justice: All together now - Jim Wallis Bono at USA presidential prayer breakfast Mission and community - Brother Samuel SSF Social Capital - Graham Hobbs The kingdom as a new social order - Ched Myers What is social capital? [notes] - Robert Putnam Social capital - The World Bank Group Why Churches cannot ignore poverty and oppression - Kenneth Leech Through our long exile [notes] - Kenneth Leech Crossing the Gap - Graham Turner A Servant Church - Graham Turner See the Sojourners link - a community of radical evangelical activists deeply involved with social justice issues.  The home and base of Jim Wallis. Local Leadership Teams: Church next - Gibbs and Coffey Local ministry - Greenwood and Pascoe Ministry leadership teams - Andrew Dawswell See also: Report to PCC Male Spirituality: Men need to descend from the towers they have built - Richard Rohr The classical spiritual journey of the male [notes] - Richard Rohr Boys to men - Richard Rohr The male spiritual journey - Diagram Five lessons to teach a young man - Richard Rohr The weaker sex - Times magazine The female spiritual journey - Richard Rohr See also the links:    http://www.malespirituality.org    http://www.malespirituality.co.uk Child Theology: Articles on Children by Keith White:    A walk with Jesus and children    The child in the midst of Biblical witness Also see:     http://childtheology.org/     http://www.godlyplay.org/     Walter Brueggemann: A better governance A world available for peace, images of hope from Jeremiah Finally comes the prophet - notes Cadences of home - notes Conversations among Exiles Covenant as a Subversive Paradigm The Message of the Psalms Walter Brueggemann - notes Rethinking Church Models through Scripture Richard Rohr: Father Richard Rohr is a Franciscan of the New Mexico Province. He was the founder of the New Jerusalem Community in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1971, and the Center for Action and Contemplation in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 1986, where he presently serves as Founding Director. Finding the true spirit of Jesus [Matt 12.43-45] Jesus in the manger The great chain of being The sacred present You have never been hurt Breathing underwater Few are guilty, all are responsible Giving up control in the second half of life Grieving as sacred space Holy fools Lent is a time to listen to our lives Liminality Reconstruction - let us be up and building Fear itself Sadness The resented banquet - beyond rewards and punishments The tomb as liminal space Utterly humbled by mystery We need transformation, not false transcendance What does it mean to be called Vision of enchantment Paradox of Power Ego and soul Notes on Rohr on Job Cleansing the lens Everything belongs Eckhart Tolle and the Christian tradition Also see link: Centre for Contemplation & Action - the home and support base for Richard Rohr.  Resources for contemplative prayer and how this relates to our mission. Walter Wink: Walter Wink, was Professor of Biblical Interpretation at Auburn Theological Seminary in New York City. He has also taught at Union Theological Seminary and Hartford Seminary, and has been a visiting professor at Columbia and Drew universities. Walking Scott Peck's road less travelled Jesus never said 'be perfect' The myth of redemptive violence Homosexuality and the Bible See Link: http://www.walterwink.com Rowan Williams: Dimbleby Lecture - 2003 Enthronement Sermon - 2003 Lost Icons [notes]  1. Childhood and choice Lost Icons [notes]  2. Charity Lost Icons [notes]  3. Remorse Lost Icons - review by Murray Rae Presidential Address at General Synod 2003 To unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth - 2004 Easter Sermon - 2004 Christian theology and other faiths - 2003 Mission-shaped church conference - 2004 Rowan Williams - texts of his other addresses Tom (N.T.) Wright: Bishop of Durham Tom Wright is one of today's best know and respected New Testament scholars. Born in 1948, he studied for the ministry at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, and was ordained as Junior Research Fellow and Junior Chaplain at Merton College, Oxford. Authority of scripture Initial comments on a Covenant for the Church of England - December 2006 The challenge of Jesus - notes Web link: Tom [NT] Wright -  texts of his addresses and other goodies, including audio files. General & Misc: Articles on a  range of topics. The 12 steps of 12 step programme The 12 traditions of 12 step programme Addictions - Henri Nouwen Amongst the exiles by the rivers of Babylon - Barry Robinson Branded for life - Tom Sine Equity trust - Church Matthei Dare to preach this gospel - Wm O'Brien Enneagram diagram From obligation to consumption - Grace Davie How do you judge the success of a church? 'I have a dream' - Martin Luther King Psychological self-harm and internal guilt - Paul Chambers The gospel as public drama - Joseph Webb The mastery of money - Charles Handy The spiritual journey - Brian Walden What about right and wrong -Bill Loader When bad things happen to good people - Allan Tsai Winning at change - John Kotter Provocative Church [notes] Graham Tomlin Radical Jesus [notes] - John Vincent Church of the Saviour Washington - Bill Haley St Gregory of Nyssa, plan for mission A synopsis of stage theory – James Fowler Anxiety – Ann Morisy Consumption, the Market, and the Eucharist – WT Cavanaugh Crossing the Bridge – Alan Roxburgh The Engels Scale (Adapted) Man’s search for Meaning – Victor Frankl Misc Quotations Mission in a Postmodern World – CMS Song of Bethlehem Speaking Christianly as a missional activity in the midst of Babel - D Oudshoorn Stages of Faith - James Fowler The TED commandments The emerging culture of post-Christendom – Sara Savage What we believe – therefugeonline.org Vital Church Planting Toronto 2008 Session 1 Vital Church Planting Toronto 2008 Session 2 Homosexuality Christian family values have changed throughout history - Ellen Armour Rock stars and homosexuality - Danny Duncan Collum Holding it together - Tony and Peggy Campolo Bishop of Oxford defends nomination of new Bishop Like for like, begging to differ - Atkinson, Hallett and Beadles Many members one body - Wesley Granberg-Michaelson BBC R4 interview with Rowan Williams re J Robinson - Today Programme What does the Bible say about homosexuality - Bill Loader What I learned when I opened my mouth about gay rights - Chris Rice Where I stand now - Richard Holloway Homosexuality and the Bible - Walter Wink