The images of the God of nurture and therapy so dear to the heart of the American church, the sovereign God of the reformation in whose arms the elect are all safe, the creator God of neo-orthodoxy in whose home all men are brothers, must all submit to the God who has revealed himself as the God on Mission. God may be all, some or none of the others – nurturer, sovereign, father – but, whatever more he is, we come to know it in the aftermath of knowing Him as a missionary God.

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Voxtropolis News

Three brave pioneers have been testing the new voxtropolis blog community
in preparation for the first wave of beta testers. If you’re among those who volunteered, thanks for waiting. ‘Tis almost time.

I’m hoping to create something unique through voxtropolis. Steve Watson sent me an article called

Is two or three gathered by the calling of Christ to reach people (Mission), who share the Lord’s Supper (Missional Community), and baptize converts (Missional Activity) a church? What more than this is necessary? Or is this too much? Or is it something other than these elements?

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Sam Radford, UK publisher of a collaborative effort called The Kingdom Blog , asks the following question about the Voxtropolis strategy. Enjoy.

Alex,

Just wondering what your thoughts/plans were regarding Voxtropolis Cafe’s.
Establishing a Cafe as a kingdom venture has long been in my thinking.

Sam,

I’m creating a franchise of cafes and galleries [Voxtropolis cafes [...]

Voxtropolis is one aspect of a multidimensional collaboration to reclaim western culture for Christ. Other complementary aspects are the elusive tribe known as The Mystic, the soon to manifest Voxtropolis cafes and the Culture Pubs. There’s more…

What are the keys to hosting a kingdom party in which spiritual conversation can be had?

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A podcast actually worth a listen:
NASA - Steve Robinson: First Podcaster From Space. Assuming you listened to the first podcast from space, let it sink in for a moment.

God I love this planet, the other planets our species will occupy, and the time in which we live.

A list worth reading:
A list of [...]

Blogging is not the revolution. Jesus is the revolution. Blogging, nevertheless, is an emerging 21st century tool we musn’t ignore.

This is part two of “The Best of the Mystic.”

Montreal — home of jazz, cuisine, beautiful summers and North America’s largest unreached people group.