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In Defense of Missional – Fitch & Nelson

Wednesday, October 13th, 2010

Previous Post – Bloom & Gungor

Thanks to the work of Medri Kinnon Productions, from my friends Imbi & Bill Kinnon, we are brought this excellent and compelling conversation between David Fitch (Northern Seminary) and Gary Nelson (Tyndale University College and Seminary) about the word “missional” and all that it means.  This is well worth your time to watch:

Nelson/Fitch – Missional – Does the word still have value? from Bill Kinnon on Vimeo.

What do you think?  Is the word “missional” worth fighting for?  How & why (or why not)?  Let me know.


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Bloom & Gungor

Tuesday, October 12th, 2010

Previous Post – Missional DMin Videos

I have been so busy lately with Chiara House, getting the first draft of my new book to the publisher and participating in all the other regular responsibilities of life & ministry here that I have not been able to give the blog the deserved attention.  I hope to remedy that soon, especially since I have so much to write about!  However, I wanted to quickly post something this morning.

I recently came across the website of a church in Denver that has a great deal in common with Little Flowers Community.  The first thing I noticed in common was the name: Bloom.  Reading about who they are, I found that we share a great deal of vision and values.  So I dropped them a line, connecting with Andrew Arndt, one of the pastors.  We got to chatting & realized we had many of the same joys & challenges in common.  At any rate, I wanted to give them a big thumbs up here on the blog.  If you live (or are visiting) in the Denver area, you should check them out.

I later learned that the church was founded by Michael & Lisa Gungor, who I had just discovered through their music.  This was the first song I heard of theirs:

I was also deeply moved by their “Song for Haiti”, which has become something of theme song for us here in Winnipeg.

Tags: church, Missional, music
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