the issue of simplexity

The word simplex has appeared a few times on this blog. Its probably time to try and to eloborate on the idea behind my use of the this term. Well…while I use it is a nuanced way, it is stolen from the realm of biology, the humble naughty virus herpes simplex no less! [...]

missional thinking; truth or idol?

In reading Karl Heim’s wonderful book, Jesus the Lord, I was reminded about a little gem emanating from Luther’s very seminal mind. I must confess that apart from the last few years of his life, I really like Luther and find him the most compelling and passionate of the Reformers. I love his [...]

To know God is to change…

I am feeling a tad philosophical because I have been listening to a remarkable series of lectures by that wonderful Scottish theologian T.F. Torrance. In ways reminescent of my philosophical hero Soren Kierkegaard, he suggests that to know God is to change. This is so, he suggests, because genuine knowledge of God involves requires [...]

An ancient piece of contemporary advice

Came across this fantastic piece of organic wisdom recently…
Act without doing: work without effort.
Think of the small as large and the few as many.
Confront the difficult while it is still easy.
Accomplish the great task by a series of small acts.
–Lao Tze

Has real significance when it comes to thinking about our tasks, and our various communities, [...]

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