I am just finishing off an article for Christianity Today. I need to send it off to Andy Crouch today – like in an hour – so my head in down and I am irritably unsociable until I have finished it. Its part of the Christian Vision Project which will tackle issues of global missiology in 2007 having many mission leaders answer the question . . .
What must we learn and unlearn to be agents of God’s mission in our world?
Good question, init? You will probably read my answer next January. Anyway . . must go.
Good going, Andrew. I’m looking forward to that article. Blessings to you!
What Must We Learn and Unlearn?
TallSkinnyKiwi: What Must We Learn and Unlearn?
I just read this blurb for a new article from the Kiwi and I thought about what I need to learn and what I need to unlearn. I have been studying the parable of the prodigal son and this comes at me from t…
This has been one of their best series. How sensible of them to include you! Looking forward to it.
Dana
What a great question!! I don’t usually get ‘Christianity Today’, but I might make an exception next week. What’s the publication date? Will it be available online?
marcus, i think it will probably be online because the series in 2006 is online
link is here
date? they mentioned january if all goes well.
what must we learn, and unlearn, to be agents of God’s mission in the world? Great question Mr Jones. I think the starting point is fairly obvious in that having had a reductionistic approach to the Gospel we need to learn (or should that be re-learn) what God’s mission in the world is! I think that would probably cover what we need to unlearn as well?
PS – hope you guys are surviving the gales today!
The dirty word “methods” comes to mind right off the top of my head.
We must always learn, unlearn, and learn new methods. We always need the love of God and his direction, but the methods are always going to be different.
My biggest mistake is in expecting God to work in a certain way in a certain place by using certain means. He really likes to work outside of those expectations.
I’ll see Andy in a couple of hours. I’ll let him know you are on time, which will endear you to him to no end.
How about that this is all really about God and not about me?