Monthly Archives: February 2010

Movements at a discount

Right now Aussies can pick up Movements at a 20% discount through Koorong Books.

New Zealand tour

Here I am working hard on Auckland Harbour in preparation for a tour of New Zealand. Thanks to Ian for making it possible. Although next time I’ll skip lunch before I go sailing. Most of it ended up in the harbour.

Don’t pass the torch!

Don’t pass the torch — start with it in their hands. Floyd McClung You’ve got to listen to Floyd on church planting movements to catch his heart for Africa and the world. Visit his blog to download the audio or video of his series on CPMs.

Movements and the shirtless dancing guy

Just three minutes from Derek Sivers on movements and the dancing guy. Some great transferable principles. Watch it and learn. Then ask yourself is this a “movement” or a “fad”? The difference is everything.

These people are crazy

Dave Lawton reports in on what’s been happening at Alabaster House: Starting with five young radicals I remember going to pray in parks at night with them as they started to dream of reaching broken kids with the gospel. Passion was high. So was their faith. There was no resource, no big budget, just big [...]

Singapore workshop

The updated promo for the Movements workshop in Singapore on March 12, 2010. It has the location details added

Fierce conversations

David Mays has produced an other great summary of a significant book for leaders and team members: Fierce Conversations by Susan Scott. “Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work and in Life One Conversation at a Time” (Susan Scott)

Anglo-Catholics and Anglican decline

Peter Corney is a leading evangelical Anglican in Melbourne. He takes a look at Anglican decline and especially the decline of the Anglo-Catholic movement within the Anglican church. Here is his (edited) list of trends that have contributed to Anglo-Catholic decline: 1. Anglo-Catholics drifted away from the credal and biblical orthodoxy of its founders and [...]

Movements study guide—almost!

It has been just over six months since Movements that Change the World was published. Around 2,000 copies have already sold out of the US and Australia. Unfortunately the Study Guide is now six months overdue. The good news is we’re excited about the draft we’re working on. I hope to have the final edit [...]

Leadership without power

Where did we get the idea that the best way to train a church planter was to take them out of their situation and put them in a classroom for a few years? … If we have to build colleges to train the pastors we pay to plant churches, we’ll never see a multiplication movement that reaches the 80 million people of Central Asia.