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REFLECTING ON CAREERISM & CHURCH

Careerism is like a set of eye-glasses that colour everything through which one looks. If you put them on — or start wearing them without…

Oct 13, 2018

Oct 13, 2018

Ryan Cook

Great bursts of creativity often come from places that have been neglected; places that have…

When I find myself in groups where people are fearful to try something different or to innovate, I often pull back and say to myself – “We…

Aug 9, 2018

Great bursts of creativity often come from places that have been neglected; places that have…

Aug 9, 2018

Ryan Cook

A Favourite Passage From the Early Church

“Christians are indistinguishable from other men either by nationality, language or customs. They do not inhabit separate cities of their…

May 16, 2018

Ryan Cook

The Elephant, the Rider and Anglican Division

Since about 2010 I have been very interested — informally and now formally through doctoral work — in the issue of division within…

Apr 3, 2018

The Elephant, the Rider and Anglican Division

Apr 3, 2018

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Holy Saturday People

Christians are resurrection people. But we are also Holy Saturday people; people whose spirituality is shaped by the daunting embrace of…

Mar 31, 2018

Mar 31, 2018

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A Few Thoughts on Five Years of Succeeding and Failing at Pioneering

The last five years of my life have been spent pioneering in the Church of England, the Diocese of Liverpool. We have had some things go…

Mar 20, 2018

A Few Thoughts on Five Years of Succeeding and Failing at Pioneering

Mar 20, 2018

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ADVICE FOR YOUNG CLERGY

It was eighteen years ago, January 1, that I began my first full-time post as a clergy person. Over the years this date has not been very…

Dec 9, 2017

Dec 9, 2017

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A Public Journal: Careerism and Holy Discontent

I liken the experience of growing into vocation and finding God’s leading to a person who stumbles into a dark room, arms waving…

Oct 16, 2017

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Musing: Twitter (Social Media) is not the Table

The central piece of furniture in our home is the table. It’s where we have community meetings, laugh with our children, and host as many…

Aug 5, 2017

Musing: Twitter (Social Media) is not the Table

Aug 5, 2017

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Things I’ve Learned from 2.5 Years of Opening Our Home on Monday Evenings

For the last 2.5 years we opened our doors on a Monday evening for friends, neighbors and strangers to come eat with us. No grand…

Feb 21, 2017

Things I’ve Learned from 2.5 Years of Opening Our Home on Monday Evenings

Feb 21, 2017