Steve Addison's Blog, page 14
September 11, 2023
310-The Multiplier's Mindset
Cynthia Anderson talks about her new book, The Multiplier’s Mindset. She unpacks the shifts in our thinking we need to navigate as we pursue movements of disciples and churches. Cynthia is a trainer, coach, podcaster and friend.
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August 30, 2023
309-London calling
A conversation with Zeth and Hannah Hill about their calling to London.
August 22, 2023
308-I was hitting my head against a brick wall
David Cervenka felt like he was hitting his head against a brick wall until a phone call sent him on a journey of discovery and breakthrough in Japan.
August 10, 2023
307-What's going on in Europe?
A conversation with Jacob Boss about trends across Britain and Europe.
July 18, 2023
306-Frank's Story
A conversation with Frank Schattner about his journey from pioneering movements among the Hmong people to the Joshua Project and now the Fidelis Project. Fidelis provides online training and higher education for movement catalysts.
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Fidelis Project: fidelisproject.com
Jonathan Project: joshuaproject.net
Hill 111: hill111.com
July 9, 2023
305-From Venezuela to Spain
For centuries Spain has sent missionaries to Venezuela. This is the story of Gabo and Barbara Ayala, called by God out of Caracas, Venezuela to Granada, Spain.
Find out more: movimientotrestercios.es
What Jesus did and didn’t do
Ross Douthat
Jesus doesn’t urge Peter to go ahead, betray me, I understand.
Jesus doesn’t tell the woman taken in adultery: go back to your lover because your situation is complex.
Jesus doesn’t tell Zacchaeus the tax collector: actually keep the money you have unjustly taken because you need it to support your family.
Jesus dines with sinners, he hangs out with prostitutes and publicans, he evangelises the much-married Samaritan woman, he welcomes thieves into eternity. But he never confirms them in their sins, or makes nuanced allowances for their state of life; that sort of rhetoric is alien to the Gospels.
July 3, 2023
304-The Lady from Laos
While in Thailand I visited the border where I met one fearless lady from Laos. She’d crossed the Mekong River to equip Thai believers to reach their people before returning to Communist-controlled Laos.
Find out more: mekongkingdommovement.com
June 11, 2023
The day we met Rafael
Steve and Jasper, Port Fairy
If you want to meet strangers, get a dog that likes people. Our Jasper is a people magnet.
I was walking Jasper yesterday when we met Rafael. While he patted Jasper and Jasper licked his face I asked Rafael where his accent was from — Columbia, but he’s living in Melbourne now. He loves it, but misses his parents and nine brothers and sisters.
Your parents must be good Catholics! They were. What about you Rafael, do you have a faith?
Not really, but sometimes I pray.
When I was young my brother threw a ball at me and it jammed in my throat. I stopped breathing and died. My parents rushed me to the hospital, praying that I would recover and I did.
What about now Rafael? Are you seeking God? Do you want to know him?
I know he’s there, but I’m not seeking him. Although I know my mother prays for me every day.
I prayed for him. We swapped numbers and went on our way.
Rafael knows God rescued him from death as a child. He knows his mother prays for him, but he has no sense of urgency or need for God. He represents his generation.
So why bother engaging the Rafaels of this world at all? Because his story is not over yet.
I wonder who Jasper and I will meet today on our walk?
June 7, 2023
303-From Denver to the Ends of the Earth
A conversation with Joe Stewart and Ron Johnson in Denver, Colorado about multiplying disciples and churches from where they are to the ends of the earth.
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