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reach the rising culture and the rising generations pastors if you think you are prepared to deal with todayâ s cultural atmosphere go watch the 2007 film juno then ask yourself this question what is my congregation doing to make jesus real to the juno generation in my community go read the full article labels emerging church posted by malcolm chamberlain 12 56 pm link 1 comments hermeneutical humility monday november 02 2009 i love this t shirt slogan a whole lot more honest perhaps than the famous god said it i believe it that settles it one get it from here hat tip ben sternke labels fun theology posted by malcolm chamberlain 10 16 am link 0 comments how to worship saturday october 31 2009 this is brilliant hat tip andrew jones tsk labels fun worship posted by malcolm chamberlain 11 03 am link 1 comments it keeps getting worse wednesday october 28 2009 there have been so many bomb blasts in pakistan in recent months that i have not blogged about them for fear of repetition even though i have been praying for friends in that troubled country but today s blast in peshawar which has killed over 90 people can t pass by without comment i continue to pray for the people whose lives have literally been torn apart by this and other atrocities and also for those who are planning future such acts of violence that they would be moved by god s love and compassion to reconsider and seek peaceful means of promoting their cause for surely no god worth worshipping could approve of such indiscriminate slaughter in their name sky s report on today s bomb bbc s report on today s bomb labels news pakistan posted by malcolm chamberlain 3 59 pm link 0 comments the long worship more pictures tuesday september 29 2009 more photos from the long worship at this year s greenbelt this time taken by fellow dream er frances shoesmith go see the slideshow labels alternative worship dream greenbelt worship posted by malcolm chamberlain 4 46 pm link 0 comments the long worship saturday september 19 2009 as i mentioned in a previous post dream was involved in a day long worship installation at this year s greenbelt festival in collaboration with three other emerging church communties for anyone who wants to see what it was like mark berry from safe space has uploaded some photos to flickr you can see a slideshow here labels alternative worship dream greenbelt worship posted by malcolm chamberlain 10 20 am link 0 comments pioneers and pastors thursday september 17 2009 this is a really interesting and challenging conversation prompted by mark berry s initial honest post about his struggle with the church s unstated expectation that pioneers will become pastors i m particularly stuck by mark s comment later in the thread where he writes in response to one person s practical question i don t think it necessarily means moving to a new place but about keeping true to gifting in community as i say it seems to be generally accepted expected that pioneers will become pastors but that assumes that leadership is held i wonder what might happen if leadership were not held well worth a read labels leadership posted by malcolm chamberlain 4 15 pm link 0 comments a free man wednesday september 09 2009 this is great news justice at last after a long fight for freedom labels news posted by malcolm chamberlain 5 30 pm link 0 comments another excellent year wednesday september 02 2009 i m recovering and catching up after another great greenbelt the highlights of this year s festival for me were athlete on monday night the best music set at greenbelt for a good few years in my humble opinion gene robinson for a man who has been lambasted and judged by so many you can t help but be moved by the grace with which he speaks about issues that he is deeply passionate about be challenged by his clear teaching and be blown away by his deep personal spirituality and faith i don t care if it does get me into trouble with some for saying so but his seminars were definite highlights of the festival for me and are well worth downloading if you missed them rob bell the queuing was a pain but i can t think of a more effective and absorbing communicator in the church of today the long worship in new forms on the monday see photo above yes i know that i was involved in organising and running it but maybe for that reason it was moving to see so many people over 900 connect with god in the space in so many unique and personal ways the atmosphere and catching up with friends but that s always a highlight of greenbelt i m already looking forward to greenbelt 2010 if you were at this year s festival what were your highlights labels greenbelt posted by malcolm chamberlain 2 27 pm link 0 comments that time of the year again tuesday august 25 2009 greenbelt begins at the end of this week i can t quite believe how quickly it s come round did i say that last year but i m really looking forward to it again this year there s a pretty good music line up too with athlete heading the bill on monday night the new greenbelt iphone app has really helped in trying to work out which things i m going to try to go to i ve got loads of stuff on my favourites page though i know realistically i won t get to half of it i m involved again with dream only this year instead of hosting our own hour long service we re partnering with grace safespace and feig to run the long worship in new forms on the monday from 10am to 6pm it s an interactive multi media worship space involving this the chances are that if you drop in early in the day you ll want to come back later to see how things have moved on make sure you come along if you re at the festival you won t regret it i m also co leading two spirited exchanges short half an hour seminars both in g source friday at 9 30pm faith beyond certainty do you want to explore new and more life giving faith paradigms what might these be and where might you find them malcolm chamberlain and jenny mcintosh of spirited exchanges uk look at what might help form the new faith mosaic to be more robust and integrated with all of life sunday at 7 30pm faith past its use by date our faith journey has numerous dimensions one is a time of questioning and faith unravelling beliefs and practices lose their meaning and cease to be life giving bringing loss and confusion malcolm chamberlain and jenny mcintosh spirited exchanges uk explore the uncertainties and challenges of this difficult space labels churchless faith emerging church greenbelt posted by malcolm chamberlain 10 25 am link 0 comments in support of the nhs monday august 24 2009 this may sound like a rant because i guess it is but i am getting fed up with the complete rubbish i could have used a much stronger word here that is being churned out by the us conservative right concerning obama s proposed health care reforms a few weeks ago i had a bit of a health scare and had to go to hospital for some tests including an invasive procedure thankfully everything came back clear the fact that i could be treated by well qualified and experienced experts in the field using state of the art equipment with very little wait and no fear of a hefty bill afterwards is just one indicator of how great our national health service is the further fact that anyone in need of such treatment regardless of social status race gender creed or financial standing could have access to it is the crowning glory so when you read of christian pastors such as rick joyner in south carolina coming out with such paranoid nonsense as as incomprehensible as it may seem this i e obama s health care proposal is about euthanasia the power to determine who lives or dies in america hitler and stalin would have loved to have had such a means such as this for dispatching the millions they killed 1 it makes me both angry and somewhat embarrassed to be associated with them as a fellow christian even if i might try to distance myself from this brand of christianity i m no expert in us politics but i don t think that obama has any plans for using a national health care system to commit genocide which is why i have signed this petition if you re as fed up as me over all this why not do the same note 1 reported by andrew clark and ewen mcaskill in the guardian weekly 21 08 09 p5 labels debates news posted by malcolm chamberlain 8 40 am link 1 comments brilliant again sunday august 23 2009 i saw u2 at sheffield don valley stadium last thursday and they were great as always this is the 5th time i ve seen them and i don t recall seeing the band look so relaxed and obviously enjoying themselves the music was tight the set and visuals jaw dropping and the birthday celebrations for show designer and former greenbelt mainstage link man willie williams was a nice extra touch thirty years in the business and they ve still got it best band in the world you bet labels popular culture posted by malcolm chamberlain 5 19 pm link 0 comments defending the sacred tuesday august 04 2009 further to my last post i received another email this morning part of which reads it all started at shanty nagar punjab then the christian community fell victim of islamic extremism in shangla hills the christian community of kasoor was attacked by the miscreants and now a massive attack on a large number of christians in korian and gojra in all the incidents christian community and or individuals have been falsely accused of desecrating the holy quran thus once again the discriminatory blasphemy laws have been misused against the peaceful pakistani christians in their own country pakistan according to news reports thousands of muslims spurred by banned militant group attacked a christian neighbourhood in gojra on saturday burning more than hundred houses and 7 people which include 2 minor children were also burnt alive after report surfaced that some christians had desecrated the holy quran i know i m on sensitive ground here but i can t help but comment on this having lived in the north west frontier province of pakistan and witnessed first hand how christians live in almost constant fear of such attacks the pakistan christian community has strongly denied the charges of desecrating the holy quran which led to the events of the last week and this seems to have fallen on deaf ears with no due process i m not a moslem myself and therefore have a limited understanding of islam from my own experience reading and moslem friends but even so i confess to finding it difficult to reconcile such actions of extremists with the writings in the quran they claim to follow every surah chapter in the quran begins in the name of god most gracious most merciful the fundamental tenet of islamic faith my struggle is that even if people had desecrated the holy quran again it s worth stating that this is strongly denied how could a most gracious and merciful god sanction the indiscriminate burning of entire villages and murder of innocent people as a just response surely god s grace and mercy far exceeds the importance of a book even one as sacred as the quran or bible for that matter interestingly in the same week that these awful events have been taking place an art installation involving the bible caused controversy in scotland naturally there were complaints from people who were offended by this apparent defacing of scripture personally i didn t really have a problem with it but can see why it could have offended others but i didn t read of any villages being burned to the ground in response once again i know i m on sensitive ground but when we are faced with such injustices and such extreme persecution of innocent people surely it isn t good enough to brush it under the carpet without comment for fear of offending the guilty the church in pakistan has condemned these attacks and we ought to stand shoulder to shoulder with them in doing the same i m equally convinced that many moslems feel just as sickened by the events of the last week in pakistan and would want to distance themselves from these ugly forms of extremism as a comment on my previous post pointed out the challenge for the christian community is to avoid the temptation to retaliate and we must pray for the strength to forgive and by doing so demonstrate the gospel in action that s my prayer for the christian community in pakistan but i m also praying for their safety and for the most gracious and merciful god to convict those who would cause such suffering in the name of religion and supposedly defending the sacred labels musings news pakistan posted by malcolm chamberlain 10 50 am link 0 comments barbaric saturday august 01 2009 i was horrified to receive an email just a few minutes ago that read on the night of july 30 2009 in the village of korian toba tek singh that falls in the pastoral and episcopal jurisdiction of faisalabad diocese â church of pakistan some muslim extremists set on fire about 75 houses of the christian community and 2 churches of the locality were also damaged the diocese of peshawar church of pakistan condemns this insane and brutal act of violence against peaceful poor christian communities and on behalf of the church of pakistan humbly appeals to all partners and friends to pray for the comfort of the affected families and where possible extend support for the rehabilitation of victims of this unfortunate incident sadly attacks like these are all too frequent and rarely reported in the western press if you are a praying person please do pray for the families affected and for the wider christian community in pakistan living in fear of further attacks pray too against the misguided religious loyalties that lead some people to commit such barbaric acts the pakistan christian post gives more information here update bbc news report and video here labels news pakistan posted by malcolm chamberlain 12 12 pm link 2 comments weather forecast for greenbelt monday july 27 2009 update as steve so rightly points out in the comments the forecast i put up here before is for the wrong dates doh this looks a little bit better labels greenbelt posted by malcolm chamberlain 5 55 pm link 2 comments beach labyrinth tuesday july 21 2009 dream did their second guerrilla worship on saturday this time hosting a 32 metre square labyrinth on crosby beach near antony gormley s another place the weather wasn t great restricting the number of passers by but it was still worth while with around 50 people walking the labyrinth in a couple of hours it was hard work setting it out have you ever tried raking vast areas of wet sand but i think you ll agree from the below video well worth it you can find more photos here posted by malcolm chamberlain 10 53 am link 1 comments a new religion monday june 29 2009 this is an interesting article by rowenna davis from the guardian comparing religion and environmentalism dave walker offers some interesting reflections on it here not least the observations that many find it important to combine religious belief with environm...