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  1. : safe space : : safe space :

  2. : life in an adaptive zone : Economists have already borrowed the concept of 'adaptive zones' from evolutionary biology. Joseph Schumpeter, in particular, drew parallels with the biologists' recognition of 'adaptive zones' in his economic models. He observed that times of economic boom occur when swarms of entrepreneurs try to implement an innovation at the same time. However, those who enter this new space and pursue the new opportunities discover that their business models, formed and nurtured former practices and processes, are ill-adapted to cope with the new. Those who survive, and go on to flourish in the 'adaptive zone' are those who can also transform their structures and systems to accommodate the new opportunities. Ann Morisy ...in deconstruction aporias (impassable obstacles) are made to broken, not to drive us off the road. They are broken not by a bit of academic cleverness and theoretical adroitness but by a dream, a desire, and a deed. "Go wherever you cannot go!" To the aporia of the impossible, where the way of knowledge has been blocked, there corresponds the imperative of doing the truth, facere veritatem... John Caputo

  3. : life in an adaptive zone : the church : White ants will eat their way through the interior of wooden framing in a building… the surface of the timber seems intact, there is no obvious evidence of the ant’s activity… until the entire building collapses. The Christian church in the west, has been “white-anted”. Mike Ridell Religion never could be contained by modernity; it could only be conquered or it could be colonised... The most explosive power in many forms of postmodern thought is the return of The Ultimate repressed by the Enlightenment - the return of religion as a phenomenon demanding new attention, new description, and, of course, new critique… Let go of the hope for any totality system whatsoever. Focus instead on the explosive, auratic fragments of our heritages. Do this not, in conservative fashion, to shore up against our present ruin... learn to live joyfully, not despairingly, with and in the great fragments we do indeed possess. David Tracy

  4. : life in an adaptive zone : the church : We like Mary, need to become wombs of the divine, allowing God to fertilize our creativity and give birth to newness… The newness that will be born will be incomplete and immature. It will be newness not fully formed and unable to speak. It will be newness defenceless and unable to justify itself to it’s seniors. It will be newness that is born into a culture and therefore totally and naturally immersed in the codes, the language, the history and life of that which it comes to serve. Kester Brewin During times of cultural shift, theological reflection becomes more critical, and more dangerous. The stakes go up. It becomes a process of "risky negotiation" and wonderful opportunity. When we have to change to remain the same, we must reconnect with meaning. We need the creative engagement of the wider Body to do this, and that means facilitating emergence by generating open conversations. Leonard Hjalmarson

  5. : life in an adaptive zone : the people : : secular :Very many people have no residue of Christian faith at all; it’s not just dormant, it’s non-existent; in so many instances we have to go back to basics. Gordon Bates +Whitby : spiritual : [This is] … a time when the search for spiritual guidance is on the rise. Organised religion will not serve as the solution to the developing thirst that the millennial generation will acquire. Warner, F : experiential : Post-moderns look beyond reason to non-rational ways of knowing, conferring heightened status on the emotions and intuition. They are less concerned than their forebears to think systematically or logically. Stanley Grenz : relational/network : The Henley Centre commissioned research to discover with whom people thought they had most in common… Geography no longer seems to be the primary basis of community. People define their communities through leisure, work and friendships. Mission Shaped Church

  6. : life in an adaptive zone : the mission : The demise of Christendom reduces radically the temptations of power, clearing space for the old story to be retold. David Lyon …if we resist short-term strategies and pre-packaged answers, if we learn to be cross-cultural missionaries in our own society, and if we can negotiate the next forty years - whatever culture emerges from the ruins of Christendom might offer tremendous opportunities for telling and living out the Christian story… Christendom is dying but a new and dynamic Christianity could arise from its ashes. Stuart Murray

  7. : safe space : : safe space is a new spiritual journey in telford : an attempt to walk with just a few of the many people in our world who consider themselves to be "spiritual but not religious" : we dream of growing communities of people who seek to explore the place of spirituality in their own lives and in each other and who long for an encounter with the maker and creator god : we dream of being a home for those who cannot find a space in the traditional structures and culture of the church but nevertheless have hopes and fears beyond the day to day practicalities of life : we seek to meet, know and walk with people for whom christianity may be an alien concept but for whom there waits a place within the heart of god : we dream of healing, caring, loving, reaching : we believe that god is closer than many think and may be at this very moment rushing to embrace us in our weakness and inadequacy : we believe that god stepped into our world because we had consistently failed to enter gods : we believe that jesus came to restore the possibility of relationship with god by forgiving us of our pride, arrogance and selfishness : we believe that god made us creative, just and loving : we believe that god is love : we love because god loves : we dream of creating safe spaces to be met by god, to be embraced, held and loved by god : : we dream :

  8. : luke 10 : Later the Master selected seventy and sent them ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he intended to go. He gave them this charge: "What a huge harvest! And how few the harvest hands. So on your knees; ask the God of the Harvest to send harvest hands. "On your way! But be careful - this is hazardous work. You're like lambs in a wolf pack. "Travel light. Comb and toothbrush and no extra luggage. "Don't loiter and make small talk with everyone you meet along the way. "When you enter a home, greet the family, "Peace.' If a person of peace is there it will be received, then it's a good place to stay. But if it's not received, take it back and get out. Don't impose yourself. "Stay at one home, taking your meals there, for a worker deserves three square meals. Don't move from house to house, looking for the best cook in town. "When you enter a town and are received, eat what they set before you, heal anyone who is sick, and tell them, "God is right on your doorstep!'

  9. : where are the people of peace? : missio dei :

  10. Be assured that when we speak to you we're not after crowd approval--only God approval. Since we've been put through that battery of tests, you're guaranteed that both we and the Message are free of error, mixed motives, or hidden agendas. We never used words to butter you up. No one knows that better than you. And God knows we never used words as a smoke screen to take advantage of you. Even though we had some standing as Christ's apostles, we never threw our weight around or tried to come across as important, with you or anyone else. We weren't aloof with you. We took you just as you were. We were never patronizing, never condescending, but we cared for you the way a mother cares for her children. We loved you dearly. Not content to just pass on the Message, we wanted to share life with you. And we did. : 1 thessalonians 2 :

  11. : sharing life : resting in their hospitality :

  12. : acts 17 : So Paul took his stand in the open space at the Areopagus and laid it out for them. "It is plain to see that you Athenians take your religion seriously. When I arrived here the other day, I was fascinated with all the shrines I came across. And then I found one inscribed, TO THE UNKOWN GOD. I'm here to introduce you to this God so you can worship intelligently, know who you're dealing with. The God who made the world and everything in it, this Master of sky and land, doesn't live in custom-made shrines or temples or need the human race to run errands for him, as if he couldn't take care of himself. He makes the creatures; the creatures don't make him. Starting from scratch, he made the entire human race and made the earth hospitable, with plenty of time and space for living so we could seek after God, and not just grope around in the dark but actually find him. He doesn't play hide-and-seek with us. He's not remote; he's near. We live and move in him, can't get away from him! One of your own poets said it well: "We are the God-created.'

  13. : creating safe spaces to explore : sharing stories :

  14. : matthew 13v33 : Jesus gave them another picture… Gods action in the world is just like a baker taking a tiny piece of yeast and enfolding it in a large quantity of flour so it is no longer visible : it may appear miniscule but its action is explosive!

  15. : being yeast :

  16. : issues : • narrative theology : contextualizing story • missiology : mission story • cultural : exploration of trends and symbols • spirituality : practices and connections • discipleship : ‘anam chara’ : soul friendship • leadership : developing skills in others • holistic gospel : regnocentric missiology : open source : ongoing : non-institutional : heretical imperative : : global-local : mutual : peer : contractual : reflective : organic :

  17. : questions for us : • mission : how do we impact global/local? • spirituality : inclusive : sacrificial hospitality • creativity : how do we develop new symbols • yeast : how are we changed? • evaluation : how do we measure success? • church : how do we interrelate/impact? • discipleship : how do we nurture people? • leadership : how does it develop? indigenous?

  18. : five values of a mission shaped church : • incarnational • transformational • relational • makes disciples • holistic: trinitarian

  19. : safe space : : safe space : : www.safespace.me.uk :

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