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	<description>:: steve taylor seeking a sustain-if-able spirituality with God/self/people/place/culture :: in process :: all thoughts personal and provisional</description>
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		<title>being church in an earthquake zone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Given that only a few months ago, I was pastoring in Christchurch, my thoughts in the last 24 hours have revolved around wondered what I&#8217;d do if I was pastoring, being church in the midst of such destruction. My current thoughts (and I&#8217;m at distance, so might be way of beam) revolve around creating some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergentkiwi.org.nz/archive/being-church-in-an-earthquake-zone/</link>
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		<title>my home&#8217;s a state of emergency</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Update 2: candle lit today in prayer. It&#8217;s really hard to be so far from home on days like today. Update 3: one of my former teaching colleagues, Richard Neville has had his home destroyed. Christchurch, the Taylor family home, has been hit by a major 7.1 earthquake. Biggest earthquake in New Zealand since 1931. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergentkiwi.org.nz/archive/my-homes-a-state-of-emergency/</link>
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		<title>a &#8220;surface&#8221; book: hipster Christianity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t like doing book reviews. It takes time to read a book, sit with a book, contemplate a book. So books I get sent to review tend to find their way to my pile of good intentions. But I&#8217;ve just got my copy of Hipster Christianity. When Church and Cool collide by Brett McCracken [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergentkiwi.org.nz/archive/a-surface-book-hipster-christianity/</link>
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		<title>little boat blown across the mighty Tasman sea</title>
		<description><![CDATA[College worship today was framed around Jeremiah 18 and God the potter. We were offered a piece of play dough and invited to play as the service progressed. What was formed was laid on the communion table as an act of response, and then could be taken with us post-Benediction. Here is my ponderings (thanks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergentkiwi.org.nz/archive/little-boat-blown-across-the-mighty-tasman-sea/</link>
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		<title>Are we dinosaurs? churches in Western culture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Friday I&#8217;ve been asked to speak with the South Australian Heads of Churches.  The topic I&#8217;ve been given, for 90 minutes, is the question: Are we dinosaurs? with particular focus on the future of the church. It&#8217;s a pretty significant opportunity and my colleagues have been teasing me about the need to dig out [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergentkiwi.org.nz/archive/are-we-dinosaurs-churches-in-western-culture/</link>
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		<title>rolling our story with God&#8217;s story: Biblical story cubes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Storycubes has got all sorts of church and worship possibilities. The instructions are simple: Roll the Cubes. Begin with &#8216;Once upon a time&#8217; and tell a story that links together all 9 face-up images and spark your imagination. The possibilities are endless. throw them and invite people to weave some of the symbols into their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergentkiwi.org.nz/archive/rolling-our-story-with-gods-story-biblical-story-cubes/</link>
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		<title>evaluating fresh expression birth narratives</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a few weeks I&#8217;m due to head to the UK, to take part in the Evaluating fresh expressions research consultation in Durham. Which means some preparation! Back in 2001, as part of my PhD study, I interviewed various UK folk in regard to the alt.worship movement. Questions like outline your involvement in what ways [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergentkiwi.org.nz/archive/evaluating-fresh-expression-birth-narratives/</link>
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		<title>art and faith Australian style: the window that is the Blake prize</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a fascinating resource: the Blake Prize, exploring the religious and spiritual in art. The Blake Prize is one of the more prestigious art prizes in Australia. Since 1951 the Blake Society has been awarding a prize for works of art that explore the subject of religious awareness and spirituality. Here are all the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergentkiwi.org.nz/archive/art-and-faith-australian-style-the-window-that-is-the-blake-prize/</link>
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		<title>fresh expressions adelaide vision day: putting legs on the local</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Key words: dreamers and sponsors, wonderers and strategists Key sense: taste Key question: How can fresh expressions emerge within and alongside local congregations, agencies, schools ? Had an excellent 90 minutes planning a (1st ever?) local Adelaide Fresh Expressions vision day with the Synod Fresh Expressions Core team. Put a ring around November 27, 11-3:30 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergentkiwi.org.nz/archive/fresh-expressions-adelaide-vision-day-putting-legs-on-the-local/</link>
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		<title>the ethics of living At home</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My recent thinking about hospitality and mission, food and faith has also been finding itself shaped by Bill Bryson&#8217;s At Home: A Short History of Private Life. (I find Bryson both engaging and infuriating. He&#8217;s a great storyteller, but his books are so long!) At home is still a fascinating book. Having scoured the solar [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergentkiwi.org.nz/archive/the-ethics-of-living-at-home/</link>
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		<title>party meals with Jesus</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sitting with Luke 14 over the last few days has reminded me of a creationary-type resource that is offered in my The Out of Bounds Church?: Learning to Create a Community of Faith in a Culture of Change book. On page 106, as part of chapter of mission and community, an invitation to a spiritual [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergentkiwi.org.nz/archive/party-meals-with-jesus/</link>
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		<title>resources used in hospitality for mission weekend</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post also might be useful for those working on Luke 14 lectionary text ie the Banquet Parables. Pre-engagement In order to create curiosity and pre-engagement with the your place or mine? hospitality as mission theme, I invited people to send in cell phone pictures of their tables. During the weekend I made this into [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergentkiwi.org.nz/archive/resources-used-in-hospitality-for-mission-weekend/</link>
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		<title>creationary: happy meals with Jesus/banquet parables in Luke 14</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A creationary: a space to be creative with the lectionary. For more resources go here. Personally I think the lectionary butchers the readings from Luke 14. In my support I quote Robert Tannehill, Abingdon New Testament Commentary &#8211; Luke who suggests two frames. First an inner frame from verse 15 on, in which the focus [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergentkiwi.org.nz/archive/creationary-happy-meals-with-jesusbanquet-parables-in-luke-14/</link>
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		<title>Tasmania speaks: reflections on place and space</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tasmania is beautiful. Wet but stunning. I came a day early. I&#8217;m trying to explore how to do the whole speaking thing in ways that are more human. So rather than race in and out, I asked if I could come a day early and have a &#8220;still day.&#8221; It made for a really, really [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.emergentkiwi.org.nz/archive/tasmania-speaks-reflections-on-place-and-space/</link>
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