Ali Johnson

Mike Yaconelli (July 24, 1942 — October 30, 2003) was a writer, theologian, church leader and satirist. I love this quote has to be one of favourites "We have lost our astonishment. The Good News is no longer good news, it is okay news. Christianity is no longer life changing, it is life enhancing. Jesus doesn’t change people into wild-eyed radicals anymore, He changes them into ‘nice people’. But radical Christianity wasn’t nice; it was category-smashing, life-threatening, anti-institutional; it spread like wildfire throughout the 1st century and was considered by those in power to be dangerous. ‘I want to be filled with an astonishment which is so captivating that I am considered wild and unpredictable and … well … dangerous’. I want to ...

For those of you that haven’t heard of Second Life before, it is a virtual world where you can explore and do anything you desire, from scuba diving to exploring the moon and even owning your own nightclub all from the comfort of your own home.  You are able to take on any persona you wish in Second Life, many people use it to escape their real lives and become the person they have always dreamed of being. The only problem with having a world where you can live out your deepest desires though is that not all desires are good ones; it is well known that a lot of people use ...

So I am have been reading 'The Church of Facebook' recently (will blog about this later I am sure) and am struck by the meteoric rise of Facebook. Its phenomenal to think that this social network platform didn't exist  5 years ago and now it seems to influence the whole of cultural understanding. This graph tracks the rise that has taken place over that time. Not sure we have seen as worldwide remarkable 'community' growth since, the early church (as I heard someone say).

I love this man..here is a prayer from a very interesting article. To all my nonbelieving, sort-of-believing, and used-to-be-believing friends: I feel like I should begin with a confession. I am sorry that so often the biggest obstacle to God has been Christians. Christians who have had so much to say with our mouths and so little to show with our lives. I am sorry that so often we have forgotten the Christ of our Christianity. Forgive us. Forgive us for the embarrassing things we have done in the name of God.

I have been reflecting recently on ‘The Great Commission’ and how seriously the church takes the word of Jesus. Imagine the scene. Eleven men had gathered on an unnamed mountainside, in the north of Palestine. These eleven men had left their families, their livelihood, their futures, their heritage and their homes. To follow a man, a man, a man who was causing a stir in land. These eleven men had experienced the heights of giddy hope and the depths of crushing despair, not once but over and over again. They had lived for weeks in fear of their lives. They had endured the spine-tingling shock of having their best friend and ...