Think Tank
Think Tank 2018 in Vancouver
Our Think Tank for 2018 took place at the end of the Summer on the mountain edge of a beautiful city. Here are some first reflections from our few days together. We were a group of nine: Mark Lau Branson, Harvey Kwiyani, Sally Mann, Mary Publicover, Martin Robinson, Alan Roxburgh, Sara Jane Walker, Fiona Watts and Paul Weston.
Think Tank 2018: An Unfolding Journal
A few months ago, I took some time to review the last ten editions of the Journal, beginning with our launch at the House of Lords in 2013. At the time of the launch we had two concerns in mind. One related to content and the other to the technical issues that surrounded an on-line Journal.
Think Tank 2018: Allowing Stories to lead us
I'm learning the power of stories. My involvement with the Journal of Missional Practice began with telling my story. In Spring 2016, Martin Robinson and Mary Publicover came to interview us. Our community church, Bonny Downs, was featured in Issue 7. I can’t tell you...
Think Tank 2018: God’s Speed
I felt the conversations crystallised a shift in the way we understand, talk about, and respond to what we believe God is calling us to do. It was very encouraging that as a team, we embraced uncertainty...
Think Tank 2018: Outside the City Gates
‘We believe God is teaching us through encounters with people different from us.’ That was the conclusion we came to as the JMP management team over 48 hours in Vancouver. But it was something of an unexpected outcome, as is so often the case when...
Think Tank 2018: Learning Together
My years in church leadership, teaching, and consulting, along with a degree in education, have always focused on how we learn. There have been times when I was inspired by a compelling theory or new data, and I have seen others who also showed interest and voiced intent around new possibilities, but two things stand out...
Think Tank 2018: A Transforming Journey
At this year’s Think Tank, step by step, our well-advanced plans for the next issue of Journal of Missional Practice were demolished. Our original plan had been towards an issue on ‘Hope in an Age of Anxiety’, but our conversations at our Vancouver gathering pushed us in quite a different direction.